Health

2319. Hon Alison Xamon to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:

I refer to the governments’ new strategies to respond to and reduce the rate of sexually transmitted infections in Western Australia, and I ask:

 (a) are all prisoners routinely offered testing for sexually transmitted infections (STI)/blood borne viruses (BBV);

 (b) if no to (a), why not;

 (c) for each prison and Banksia Hill Detention Centre:

Committee

Resumed from 21 August. The Deputy Chair of Committees (Hon Robin Chapple) in the chair; Hon Stephen Dawson (Minister for Environment) in charge of the bill.

Comments and speeches from various members

Clause 40: Section 4 amended —

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON: Because we are moving to a different part of the bill, I need to swap over my advisers. I ask that that take place before Hon Alison Xamon asks her question.