Adjournment debate on Wednesday, 1 December 2010, in the House of Commons, led by David Cairns. The answering member was Anne Milton.

HIV

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on HIV/AIDS.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 519 c299-322WH
Session: 2010-12
Department: Department of Health
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions: Speaker | 519 c299WH (Link to this contribution) The sitting is resumed.; Gareth Thomas | 519 c299WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is performing a service by raising the issue of HIV/AIDS in the UK. Does he also reco...; David Cairns | 519 c299WH (Link to this contribution) That might be the best cheer I get all day. I welcome you to the Chair, Mr Leigh. It is a pleasure t...; David Cairns | 519 c299-301WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who was a distinguished and long-serving Minister at DFID. In a sen...; Pauline Latham | 519 c301WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman accept that, in addition, white heterosexual people who perhaps have got div...; David Cairns | 519 c301WH (Link to this contribution) I am happy to give way to a vice-chair of the all-party group on HIV and AIDS.; Gareth Thomas | 519 c302WH (Link to this contribution) Don't do yourself down.; David Cairns | 519 c302WH (Link to this contribution) Yes, I am doing myself down here. I am of the generation that came to adulthood when the virus was m...; David Cairns | 519 c302WH (Link to this contribution) I am happy to give way to another vice-chair of the all-party group.; David Cairns | 519 c303WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend. He has far greater knowledge of these matters from within DFID than...; Gareth Thomas | 519 c303WH (Link to this contribution) Is not one of the conclusions that can be drawn from the comments made by the hon. Member for Cardif...; David Cairns | 519 c302-3WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady makes an excellent point. I think that it was my right hon. Friend the Member for Holb...; Jenny Willott | 519 c302WH (Link to this contribution) I have just had a baby and I was tested automatically for HIV during my pregnancy. Does the hon. Gen...; David Cairns | 519 c305WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. He represents an area that is not only largely rural but on the ...; Russell Brown | 519 c305WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. Because stigma is still attached to this condi...; David Cairns | 519 c303-5WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. The new agency has real potential to make a difference. We ...; Gareth Thomas | 519 c303WH (Link to this contribution) Will the all-party group, as part of its thinking about the Government's multilateral aid review, al...; Pauline Latham | 519 c312-4WH (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to be speaking under your chairmanship, Mr Leigh, and I congratulate the hon. Member ...; Diane Abbott | 519 c314-7WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak in this important debate on world AIDS day, and I cong...; Jim Shannon | 519 c317WH (Link to this contribution) I understand that some of the figures that have been released in the past year for those who have ju...; Mike Weatherley | 519 c306-8WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Inverclyde (David Cairns) on securing this important debate, whet...; Lord Austin of Dudley | 519 c308-9WH (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to take part in this debate. First, it gives me the opportunity to congratulate my ho...; Stuart Andrew | 519 c309-11WH (Link to this contribution) May I say what a pleasure it is to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Leigh? I congratulate the hon. ...; Virendra Sharma | 519 c311-2WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Inverclyde (David Cairns) on securing a debate on such ...; David Cairns | 519 c306WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is correct. Part of the education of GPs must be about looking at the symptoms, not on...; Speaker | 519 c306WH (Link to this contribution) Order. Five Back Benchers have intimated that they wish to take part. I intend to call the wind-ups ...; Anne Milton | 519 c321-2WH (Link to this contribution) No, it will be a sexual health strategy. The Government and the NHS need to play their part, and we ...; Anne Milton | 519 c320-1WH (Link to this contribution) We need to ensure that safer sex messages are clearly communicated and understood by all. I think t...; David Cairns | 519 c321WH (Link to this contribution) I will let the Minister catch her breath and I appreciate that we are really up against the clock. S...; Diane Abbott | 519 c319WH (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister have any practical proposals for increasing testing, such as different contexts in...; Anne Milton | 519 c319-20WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Lady for raising that point, which is important. I will return to it later in my re...; Anne Milton | 519 c319WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend the Member for Hove also mentioned the specific problems with late diagnosis, which I...; Diane Abbott | 519 c317WH (Link to this contribution) That is an important point, and it is one that I touched on earlier. It shows that anyone can find t...; Diane Abbott | 519 c317-8WH (Link to this contribution) In conclusion, I congratulate all those who have campaigned, worked and raised consciousness on this...; David Cairns | 519 c301WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is right. I was saying that the messaging should not go exclusively to gay men and to ...; Jenny Willott | 519 c306WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman also suggest that we need to tackle the stereotypes about the kind of person...; Anne Milton | 519 c318-9WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Leigh; I do not believe that I have been in th...
Subjects: Diagnosis Contraceptives Africa Disease control HIV/AIDS Health education Preventive medicine Screening Sexually transmitted infections Sexual intercourse
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