Tory MP defends screening migrants for HIV before they enter Britain

Conservative MP Dr Phillip Lee has defended his failed amendment to the Immigration Bill that would have allowed Home Secretary Theresa May to test migrants for HIV and Hepatitis B.

The House of Commons ran out of time to debate the measure last Thursday.

In an article for The Independent’s website, Dr Lee, a former doctor and the Conservative MP for Bracknell, said: “I tabled an amendment to the Immigration Bill this week [sic] to protect our public health from the risk of communicable diseases – specifically blood-borne viruses like hepatitis B and HIV.

“We need to know who carries these diseases if we are to treat them, stop the diseases from spreading and, ultimately, eliminate them. These are the first steps – along with prevention measures and, where possible, cures – towards the goal of eradication.”

The MP added: “In 2012, we introduced a screening programme for immigrants to the UK from countries with a high incidence of tuberculosis before they could be granted a visa for entry. We should now do the same for hepatitis B, HIV and other blood-borne diseases.”

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/02/03/tory-mp-defends-screening-migrants-for-hiv-before-they-enter-britain/



Amazing that other countries have health checks on immigrants , but the UK has to take the diseased fuckers in.

it makes sense to test them surely, they could spread disease or cost us a fortune to treat or keep them.