HC Deb 12 January 2004 vol 416 c608W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out the screening arrangements(a) taken and (b) required by Life Resources Inc. in respect of deferring donors who have travelled to live for five years or more in the UK or Europe between 1980 and 1996. [146343]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The United States does not accept blood donations from people who have visited or lived in the United Kingdom or Europe for six months or more between 1980 and 1996.