HC Deb 08 May 1989 vol 152 cc297-8W
Mr. Butler

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he proposes to alter educational material distributed to schools concerning AIDS in the light of the evidence presented in the journal of the American Medical Association 1989, 261(2), pp. 244–5, that passionate kissing favours the transmission of HIV.

Mr. Butcher

On the basis of advice from the Department of Health, my right hon. Friend has no plans to alter the guidance currently given to schools concerning the risks of HIV infection from kissing.

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