Communicable diseases
This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on communicable diseases. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs.
Standard Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 25.10.2012 | HIV and AIDS statistics: UK |
| HIV and AIDS statistics: UK. By Rachael Harker. SN/SG/2210. This note summarises recent statistics on Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and also includes a POSTBOX on HIV Infection and Treatment. Section 1 describes how the numbers of those diagnosed with and those dying from HIV/AIDS in the UK have changed over time. The characteristics that put people most at risk of HIV are considered in Sections 2 and the manner and place in which individuals with HIV acquire their infection in examined in Section 3. The general prevalence of HIV, and levels of awareness of infection, are examined in Section 4. International statistics on HIV and AIDS are briefly considered in Section 5, while Section 6 looks at public knowledge and attitudes to the disease. | |
| 13.07.2011 | HIV and Hepatitis C infection from contaminated blood and blood products |
| This Note summarises the background and current areas of debate relating to an episode of HIV and Hepatitis C infection from contaminated blood and blood products during the 1970s and 1980s. This includes existing support for those affected, the recommendations of an independent inquiry on this matter (the Archer Inquiry), and ongoing debate relating to levels of support in comparison with other countries. |
Select Committee Reports
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 27.10.2011 | No vaccine, no cure: HIV and AIDS in the United Kingdom. |
| Government response. Department of Health report [Commons] | |
| 19.07.2011 | No vaccine, no cure: HIV and AIDS in the United Kingdom. |
| HIV and AIDS in the UK Select Committee (HL) report [Lords] | |
| 16.10.2009 | Pandemic influenza. |
| Department of Health report [Commons and Lords] | |
| 20.07.2009 | Pandemic influenza. |
| Science and Technology Select Committee (HL) report [Lords] | |
| 10.02.2009 | HIV/AIDS: DFID's new strategy. |
| Government response. Department for International Development; International Development Select Committee report [Commons] |
Early Day Motions
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 02.12.2010 | BAN ON BLOOD DONATION BY GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN |
| That this House notes with concern that men who are openly gay or bisexual are barred for life from donating blood; further notes that the regulations which call for this life ban have ... | |
| 24.11.2010 | SWINE FLU AND WINTER DEATHS |
| That this House welcomes last winter's 30 per cent. drop in excess deaths in the coldest winter since 1995; notes the Office for National Statistics' explanation that seasonal influenza ... | |
| 21.01.2010 | STANDARDS FOR MANAGEMENT OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS |
| That this House welcomes the new standards for the management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) produced by the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV and the Medical ... | |
| 20.01.2010 | TAMIFLU |
| That this House is concerned at the mass use of the drug Tamiflu; notes that the US Food and Drugs Administration has warned of fatal side-effects including heart attacks; is surprised ... | |
| 18.01.2010 | WARNINGS OF PANDEMICS |
| That this House believes that exaggerated claims of the dangers of pandemics may undermine the public's faith in warnings of future serious health emergencies; recalls the claims that ... |
POST Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 16.07.2012 | Drug Resistant Tuberculosis |
| This note examines the extent of, and risks posed by, drug-resistant TB. |
