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Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 12th June 2008
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Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill-[ [], continued

Dawn Primarolo

Agreed to  115

Schedule  8,  page  103,  column 2, leave out lines 15 and 16 and insert—

‘In section 12—

(a)
in subsection (1)(c), the words “or non-

medical fertility services”, and

(b)
in subsection (2), the word “and” at the end

of paragraph (a).’.

Dawn Primarolo

Agreed to  116

Schedule  8,  page  103,  line  21,  column 2, at end insert—

‘In section 14A(1), the word “and” at the end of

paragraph (a).’.

Dawn Primarolo

Agreed to  117

Schedule  8,  page  103,  line  26,  column 2, at end insert—

‘In section 31A(1), the word “and” at the end of

paragraph (a).’.

Mr David Amess

Not selected  120

Schedule  8,  page  104,  leave out lines 2 to 3.

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

Dawn Primarolo

Agreed to  62

Clause  67,  page  52,  line  9,  at end insert—

‘( )
Subsection (2) is subject to paragraph A1(2) of Schedule 6.’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

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Dr John Pugh

Not selected  180


Clause  68,  page  52,  line  28,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
This section shall be subject to section (prohibition on placing human gametes

into animals).’.

Clause Agreed to.

Dawn Primarolo

Agreed to  63

Clause  69,  page  52,  line  31,  leave out subsection (2).

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

new clauses not relating to the termination of pregnancy by registered

medical practitioners

Birth certificates in cases involving assisted reproduction

Mark Simmonds

Mr Andrew Lansley

Robert Key

Withdrawn  NC1

To move the following Clause:—

‘The Secretary of State shall by regulation make provision for the birth certificate

of a person born as a consequence of—

(a)
treatment services other than basic partner treatment services, or

(b)
the procurement and distribution of any sperm (other than partner-

donated sperm that has not been stored) in the course of providing non-

medical fertility services,

to indicated these facts, either through—

(a)
a symbol to denote the fact of donor conception, or

(b)
the provision of a detailed birth certificate to include the fact of donor

conception and an abridged certificate that does not.’.

Extension of statutory storage period for treatment of blood relatives

Andrew Stunell

Dr Evan Harris

Not called  NC2

To move the following Clause:—

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‘(1)
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Statutory Storage Period) Regulations

(S.I. 1991/1540) are amended as follows.

(2)
In regulation 2(1) for “paragraph (2)” substitute “paragraphs (2) and (2A)”.

(3)
After regulation 2(2) insert—

“(2A)
The circumstances referred to in paragraph (1) are that the gametes were

provided by a person who has given written consent for them to be used

by another person—

(a)
who is a blood relative of the person providing the gametes,

(b)
whose fertility was, in the written opinion of a registered medical

practitioner, significantly impaired on the date on which the

gametes were provided, and

(c)
who was aged under 45 on the date on which the gametes were

provided.”.’.

Donation of umbilical cord blood

Mr David Burrowes

Mark Durkan

Mr Andrew Dismore

David Taylor

Mr Lee Scott

Robert Key

Not selected  NC3

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to—

(a)
encourage women to donate their umbilical cord blood after birth;

(b)
increase the awareness of the value of umbilical cord blood for the

treatment of diseases and for further research of new treatment methods;

using cord blood stem cells;

(c)
promote the collection of cord blood from specific shortage groups,

including minority groups including mixed race families where there is a

history of diseases, treatable by cord blood.

(2)
It shall be a requirement for doctors to inform pregnant women of the benefits of

collection and storage of cord blood.’.

Meaning of ‘cloning’

Mr David Amess

Not selected  NC4

To move the following Clause:—

‘( )
In section 2(1) of the 1990 Act (other terms) after the definition of “basic partner

treatment services” insert—

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“cloning”   means a human   being   reproduced   artificially    from   the     donor

cell/s of another human being (alive or dead), termed the “donor” to

produce another human being closely resembling or being genetically

identical to, or similar to the donor.’.

Further general functions of Authority

Dr Brian Iddon

Dr Desmond Turner

Dr Ian Gibson

Withdrawn  NC5

To move the following Clause:—

‘In section 8(1) of the 1990 Act (general functions of the Authority) after

paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)
give advice or make submissions to the Parliamentary Human

Fertilisation and Embryology Committee established under

section (Parliamentary Human Fertilisation and Embryology

Committee) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act

2008,”.’.

Parliamentary Human Fertilisation and Embryology Committee

Dr Brian Iddon

Dr Desmond Turner

Dr Ian Gibson

Not called  NC6

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
There shall be a Committee of Members of both Houses of Parliament, to be

called the Parliamentary Human Fertilisation and Embryology Committee, to

consider human fertilisation, embryology and related ethical issues, and to make

recommendations.

(2)
The Committee shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, to

report from time to time, and to appoint specialist advisers either to supply

information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity

within the Committee’s order of reference.

(3)
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Committee shall consist of fifteen

members of the House of Lords nominated by the Lord Speaker and fifteen

members of the House of Commons nominated by the Speaker of the House of

Commons, to be appointed on the passing of this Act to serve for the duration of

the present Parliament and thereafter to be appointed at the commencement of

each Parliament to service for the duration of that Parliament.

(4)
Any causal vacancy occurring by the reason of the death, resignation, or

incapacity of a member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Committee

shall be filled by the nomination of a member by the Lord Speaker or the Speaker

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

may be exercised and discharged by any twelve members thereof, and the

Committee shall be entitled to sit and transact business whether Parliament be

sitting or not, and notwithstanding a vacancy in the membership of the

Committee.

(6)
Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology

Committee may regulate its own procedure.’.

Prohibition on placing human gametes into animals

Dr John Pugh

Not selected  NC7


To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
The Secretary of State shall by regulations make it an offence to place any human

gamete into an animal.

(2)
Sections 3 and 4 of this Act shall not come into force until regulations under

subsection (1) have been made.’.

Dawn Primarolo

Agreed to

That certain written evidence already reported to the House be appended to the

proceedings of the Committee.

Bill, as amended, to be reported.