Clause 10 - Health care provision: standards
Health Protection Agency Bill [Lords]
10:45 am
Dr Andrew Murrison (Shadow Minister, Public Services, Health & Education; Westbury, Conservative)
I am particularly concerned about sensitive areas that the HPA might be involved with. I am thinking in particular of Porton Down, which is not far from my constituency. I have visited it. It obviously conducts extremely sensitive work and it is expanding the work that it does. What role will CHAI have in the context of an establishment such as Porton Down and the National Radiological Protection Board's functions, given their sensitivity? Will the information that it garners be regarded as privileged in any way? I would be grateful if the Minister could address that specific point.