HL Deb 18 September 2003 vol 652 cc200-1WA
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether, when assessing the responses from the consultation exercise on the proposals to amend the National Health Service (Charges for Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989, they will take into consideration the provision of National Health Service treatment to migrants with transmissible disease so as to limit the risk of spreading infection. [HL4343]

Baroness Andrews

The Government will take into consideration a wide range of issues when considering the outcome of the current consultation exercise, including the public health implications of our proposals.