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| | section (Parliamentary Human Fertilisation and Embryology |
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| | Committee) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act |
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| | Parliamentary Human Fertilisation and Embryology Committee |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | There shall be a Committee of Members of both Houses of Parliament, to be |
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| | called the Parliamentary Human Fertilisation and Embryology Committee, to |
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| | consider human fertilisation, embryology and related ethical issues, and to make |
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| | (2) | The Committee shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to |
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| | report from time to time, and to appoint specialist advisers either to supply |
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| | information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity |
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| | within the Committee’s order of reference. |
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| | (3) | The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Committee shall consist of fifteen |
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| | members of the House of Lords nominated by the Lord Speaker and fifteen |
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| | members of the House of Commons nominated by the Speaker of the House of |
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| | Commons, to be appointed on the passing of this Act to serve for the duration of |
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| | the present Parliament and thereafter to be appointed at the commencement of |
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| | each Parliament to service for the duration of that Parliament. |
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| | (4) | Any causal vacancy occurring by the reason of the death, resignation, or |
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| | incapacity of a member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Committee |
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| | shall be filled by the nomination of a member by the Lord Speaker or the Speaker |
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| | of the House of Commons, as the case may be. |
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| | (5) | The powers and duties of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Committee |
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| | may be exercised and discharged by any twelve members thereof, and the |
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| | Committee shall be entitled to sit and transact business whether Parliament be |
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| | sitting or not, and notwithstanding a vacancy in the membership of the |
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| | (6) | Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology |
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| | Committee may regulate its own procedure.’. |
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| | Order of the House [12th MAY 2008] |
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| | That the following provisions apply to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill |
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| | 1. | The following shall be committed to a Committee of the whole House— |
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| | (a) | Clauses 4, 11, 14, and 23 and Schedule 2; |
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| | (b) | any new Clauses or new Schedules relating to the termination of |
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| | pregnancy by registered medical practitioners. |
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| | 2. | The remainder of the Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee. |
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| | 3. | Proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall be completed in two |
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| | 4. | Those proceedings shall be taken on each of those days as shown in the first |
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| | column of the following Table and in the order so shown. |
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| | 5. | The proceedings on each of those days shall (so far as not previously |
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| | concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the times specified in the second |
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| | Time for conclusion of proceedings |
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| | | | | | | Three hours after the commencement |
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| | | | Any new Clauses or new Schedules |
| Three hours after the commencement |
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| of proceedings on any such new |
| | | | pregnancy by registered medical |
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| | 6. | Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to the |
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| | proceedings in Committee of the whole House. |
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| | 7. | Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously |
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| | concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 17th June 2008. |
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| | 8. | The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on |
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| | 9. | When the provisions of the Bill considered, respectively, by the Committee |
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| | of the whole House and by the Public Bill Committee have been reported to |
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| | the House, the Bill shall be proceeded with as if it had been reported as a |
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| | whole to the House from the Public Bill Committee. |
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| | Consideration and Third Reading |
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| | 10. | Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be |
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| | brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the |
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| | day on which those proceedings are commenced. |
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| | 11. | Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be |
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| | brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day. |
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| | 12. | Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to |
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| | proceedings on consideration and Third Reading. |
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| | 13. | Any other proceedings on the Bill (inlcuding any proceedings on |
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| | consideration of any message from the Lords) may be programmed. |
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| | Order of the Committee [3rd June 2008] |
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| | (1) | the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday |
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| | (a) | at 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 3rd June; |
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| | (b) | at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 5th June; |
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| | (c) | at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 10th June; |
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| | (d) | at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 12th June; |
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| | (e) | at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 17th June; |
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| | (2) | the proceedings shall be taken in the following order: Clauses 1 to 3; Clause |
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| | 5; Schedule 1; Clauses 6 to 10; Clauses 12 and 13; Schedules 3 and 4; Clauses |
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| | 15 to 22; Clauses 24 to 28; Schedule 5; Clauses 29 to 56; Schedule 6; Clauses |
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| | 57 to 65; Schedule 7; Clause 66; Schedule 8; Clauses 67 to 69; new Clauses |
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| | (not relating to the termination of pregnancy by registered medical |
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| | practitioners); new Schedules (not relating to the termination of pregnancy by |
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| | registered medical practitioners); remaining proceedings on the Bill. |
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| | (3) | the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a |
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| | conclusion at 7.00 p.m. on Tuesday 17th June. |
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