- Question by: Meg Hillier
- Meeting date: 12 July 2006
Thank you. A lot of people talk about the screening of immigrants coming into the country; a lot of them do not show up the fact that they have TB, but they may be carriers, like you said, and it is poor housing conditions, overcrowding and dampness that actually brings the TB out into their system, so there actually is no point spending a lot of money on screening.