§ Mr. GryllsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, what safeguards health authorities take to ensure that no one shown by tests to be HIV positive or to have AIDS is allowed to work in National Health Service kitchens.
§ Mr. MellorI am advised that the human immunodeficiency virus is not transmitted through food. There is therefore no reason why people who are HIV positive but otherwise well should not work in National Health Service kitchens. People who are HIV positive or have AIDS who acquire other infections which could be transmitted through food would be subject to the same restrictions on food handling as any other staff with such infections.