HC Deb 31 January 1994 vol 236 c592W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the President of the Board of Trade which aspects of the report of the Nuffield committee on bio-ethics in relation to the use of genetic screening information by insurance companies are being considered by his Department.

Mr. Neil Hamilton

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply given to him by my right hon. Friend the Lord President on 11 January 1994,Official Report, column 83. My Department, in consultation with others, is considering those aspects of the report concerned with the balance to be struck between the commercial freedom of insurance companies, considerations of public health and the individual's right to privacy.