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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 is:
We believe these objectives will best be achieved by educating and informing people, and not by adding to existing legislation."Through 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."