Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:57:39 +0100
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Hand washing instructions in HoC toilets.
From: Paul Perrin <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: FOICOMMONS <xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xx>


     Dear Sir or Madam,

     I have read (maybe unreliably) that new posters have been put up in
     House of Commons toilets, giving instructions on how people should
     wash their hands to get them clean and remove germs.

     This was noted here
     http://order-order.com/2009/06/25/clean-hands-in-parliament/

     Can you confirm/deny the report?

     If the report is true, can you explain the basis on which this was
     considered necessary - particularly what infections have occurred
     that were due to HoC staff not washing their hands properly, what
     proportion of people in the House of Commons did not wash their
     hands properly (whether leading to infection or not), and what
     proportion of these people will react positively and (following the
     introduction of the posters) will in future wash their hands
     properly?

     Yours faithfully,

     Paul Perrin

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