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Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has received a copy of the Prison Reform Trust's report on the prevalence of HIV in prisons; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Rumbold
Yes. I am glad of the opportunity to refute the trust's suggestion that prisons policy is confused and in disarray. We first responded to the AIDS challenge in 1984 and a clear and coherent strategy has been developed progressively since then. We shall be responding in due course to the detail of the report. I will arrange for the hon. Member to receive a copy of the response and for one to be placed in the Library.