LICENSING OF HOME PIERCING EQUIPMENT

That this House calls on the Government to acknowledge the findings of the Health Protection Agency and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine by strengthening legislation surrounding the sale of home piercing kits; notes with concern that a worrying number of piercings are not carried out at regulated clinics and that this trend impacts on the health service by increasing the risk of blood-borne viruses; and calls on the Government to extend the Local Government Act 2003, on increased regulation surrounding piercing businesses, to include further regulation on home kits.