HC Deb 13 January 1987 vol 108 c159W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what orders or advice have been issued to members of each of the armed forces about the dangers of AIDS; and when they were issued;

(2) over what period the 1st Battalion Queen's Own Highlanders was stationed in Kenya;

(3) when his Department and the Royal Army Medical Corps, respectively, became aware that the AIDS virus was common in parts of Kenya;

(4) when his Department and the Royal Army Medical Corps, respectively, first became aware the AIDS virus could be transmitted by heterosexual relations;

(5) what orders or advice on the risk of AIDS from prostitutes in Kenya were given to officers and other ranks of the 1st Battalion Queen's Own Highlanders;

(6) how many of all ranks of the 1st Battalion Queen's Own Highlanders are known to the Royal Army Medical Corps to have venereal disease caught in Kenya.

Mr. Freeman

I shall reply shortly.

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