HL Deb 04 April 2000 vol 611 c124WA
Lord Lucas

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will permit insurance companies to require that candidates for life insurance be tested for incipient new-variant CJD. [HL1661]

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Insurance companies would be unable to introduce such a step, as no acceptable test currently exists for the demonstration of infection before the onset of clinical symptoms.