Written question asked by Lord Dykes (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Adonis (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 March 2010.

Airports: Body Scanners

Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they will have with managers of United Kingdom airports to ensure that security screening devices do not offend Muslim and other ethnic and religious groups.

Answer: The Department for Transport is in regular discussion with airport operators on a range of security issues, including those relating to the deployment of body scanners. In addition an interim code of practice has been produced following discussions with industry and other government departments for the initial deployment of body scanners. The department will be launching a full public consultation shortly on the interim code of practice and will consider all representations carefully before preparing a final code of practice later in the year.

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