HC Deb 02 April 1990 vol 170 c427W
Mr. Gareth Wardell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he has any plans to enact policies to prevent discrimination against carriers of HIV.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

As the Government's response to the Social Services Committee (Cm 925) made clear, one part of our strategy on HIV infection and AIDS isThrough a range of measures to foster a climate of understanding and compassion, to discourage discrimination, and to safeguard confidentiality, within the wider context of public health requirements. We believe these objectives will best be achieved by educating and informing people, and not by adding to existing legislation.