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Consideration of Bill: 22nd October 2008                

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Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords], continued

 
 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

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Page  50,  line  1  [Clause  59],  after first ‘any’, insert ‘reasonable’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

18

 

Page  50,  line  3  [Clause  59],  after ‘any’, insert ‘reasonable’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

19

 

Page  50,  line  5  [Clause  59],  at end insert—

 

‘(2C)    

Any reference in subsection (2A) or (2B) to a reasonable payment in

 

respect of the doing of an act by a non-profit making body is a reference

 

to a payment not exceeding the body’s costs reasonably attributable to the

 

doing of the act.’.

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

20

 

Page  51,  line  42  [Clause  64],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

An order under this section which modifies an enactment in consequence of any

 

provision of Part 2 may modify subsection (5) of section 53 (interpretation of

 

references to father etc.).’.

 


 

Dr John Pugh

 

Miss Ann Widdecombe

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr David Drew

 

Mr David Amess

 

Mr William Cash

 

50

 

Page  53,  line  19  [Clause  68],  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

This section shall be subject to section (prohibition on placing human gametes

 

into an animal).’.

 



 
 

Consideration of Bill: 22nd October 2008                

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Mr William Cash

 

Miss Ann Widdecombe

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr David Drew

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Tom Clarke

 

Total signatories: 18

 

Jim Dobbin

 

Mr Edward Leigh

 

Mark Pritchard

 

Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas

 

Mr David Crausby

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mr Julian Brazier

 

Dr John Pugh

 

John Mason

 

Paul Rowen

 

Geraldine Smith

 

Mr David Amess

 

68

 

Page  54,  line  19  [Schedule  1],  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

P has a direct pecuniary interest in any of the activities governed by

 

this Act.’.

 


 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Miss Ann Widdecombe

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr David Drew

 

Mr William Cash

 

Mr Tom Clarke

 

Total signatories: 23

 

Jim Dobbin

 

David Taylor

 

Mr Edward Leigh

 

Mark Pritchard

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Mr Nigel Waterson

 

Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas

 

Mr David Crausby

 

Mark Durkan

 

John Mason

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mr Julian Brazier

 

Dr John Pugh

 

Mr Brian Binley

 

Paul Rowen

 

Geraldine Smith

 

Mr David Amess

 

36

 

Page  56,  line  34  [Schedule  2],  leave out from ‘by’ to ‘of’ in line 35 and insert ‘stem

 

cells from umbilical cord or umbilical cord blood’.

 

Mark Simmonds

 

44

 

Page  56,  line  34  [Schedule  2],  leave out ‘umbilical cord blood stem cells’ and insert

 

‘stem cells from umbilical cord or umbilical cord blood.’.

 

Mark Simmonds

 

45

 

Page  56,  line  35  [Schedule  2],  after ‘other’, insert ‘regenerative’.

 



 
 

Consideration of Bill: 22nd October 2008                

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Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords], continued

 
 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Miss Ann Widdecombe

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr David Drew

 

Mr William Cash

 

Mr Tom Clarke

 

Total signatories: 23

 

Jim Dobbin

 

David Taylor

 

Mr Edward Leigh

 

Mark Pritchard

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Mr Nigel Waterson

 

Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas

 

Mr David Crausby

 

Mark Durkan

 

John Mason

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mr Julian Brazier

 

Dr John Pugh

 

Mr Brian Binley

 

Paul Rowen

 

Geraldine Smith

 

Mr David Amess

 

37

 

Page  57  [Schedule  2],  leave out lines 11 to 13.

 


 

Mr David Drew

 

David Taylor

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr Tom Clarke

 

Jim Dobbin

 

Mr Edward Leigh

 

Total signatories: 19

 

Mark Pritchard

 

Mr Nigel Waterson

 

Mark Durkan

 

John Mason

 

Mr Julian Brazier

 

Dr John Pugh

 

Mr Brian Binley

 

Paul Rowen

 

Geraldine Smith

 

Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas

 

Mr David Crausby

 

Mr David Amess

 

Mr William Cash

 

73

 

Page  58,  line  42  [Schedule  2],  at end insert—

 

  ‘(4A)  

A licence under this paragraph may not authorise any activity the purpose of

 

which is to develop techniques for creating a child by germ line genetic

 

modification.

 

    (4B)  

Regulations made by virtue of paragraph 3A(1)(c) may not provide for

 

activities the purpose of which is to develop techniques for creating a child by

 

germ line genetic modification.

 

    (4C)  

For the purposes of this paragraph and paragraph 3A, “germ line genetic

 

modification” means—

 

(a)    

altering the nuclear genetic material of an embryo, or of a gamete used

 

to create an embryo, by—

 

(i)    

recombinant nucleic acid techniques which change the DNA

 

sequence of nuclear chromosomes of one or more cells of the

 

embryo or of the gamete, or

 

(ii)    

the introduction into one or more cells of the embryo or into

 

the gamete of a stably-maintained artificial chromosome,

 

virus or plasmid, and


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 22nd October 2008                

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(b)    

placing the embryo containing the genetic alteration in a woman, so

 

that any resulting child could transmit the genetic alteration to its

 

descendants.’.

 


 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Miss Ann Widdecombe

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr David Drew

 

Mr William Cash

 

Mr Tom Clarke

 

Total signatories: 24

 

Jim Dobbin

 

David Taylor

 

Mr Edward Leigh

 

Mark Pritchard

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Mr Nigel Waterson

 

Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas

 

Mr David Crausby

 

Mark Durkan

 

John Mason

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mr Julian Brazier

 

Dr John Pugh

 

Mr Brian Binley

 

Paul Rowen

 

Geraldine Smith

 

Mr David Amess

 

38

 

Page  59,  line  1  [Schedule  2],  leave out sub-paragraph (5) and insert—

 

    ‘(5)  

No licence under this paragraph is to be granted unless the Authority is

 

satisfied that—

 

(a)    

any proposed use of embryos or human admixed embryos is necessary

 

for the purposes of the research; and

 

(b)    

the purposes of the proposed research cannot be achieved

 

satisfactorily by any other reasonably practicable method not entailing

 

the use of human or human admixed embryos.’.

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Mr William Cash

 

Mr Tom Clarke

 

Jim Dobbin

 

David Taylor

 

Mr Edward Leigh

 

Total signatories: 22

 

Mark Pritchard

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Miss Ann Widdecombe

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Mr Nigel Waterson

 

Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas

 

Mr David Crausby

 

Mark Durkan

 

John Mason

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mr Julian Brazier

 

Dr John Pugh

 

Mr Brian Binley

 

Paul Rowen

 

Geraldine Smith

 

Mr David Amess

 

74

 

Page  59,  line  1  [Schedule  2],  leave out sub-paragraph (5) and insert—

 

    ‘(5)  

No licence under this paragraph is to be granted unless the Authority is

 

satisfied that—

 

(a)    

any proposed use of embryos or human-admixed embryos is necessary

 

and desirable for the purposes of the research; and

 

(b)    

there is evidence, which must include published, peer-reviewed

 

scientific data, demonstrating that—


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 22nd October 2008                

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(i)    

the rationale underlying the proposed research and

 

applicability of the proposed methodology has been

 

established by analogous research, such that the proposed use

 

of human or human admixed embryos would be likely to

 

achieve its specified purposes; and

 

(ii)    

that the purposes of the proposed research cannot be achieved

 

satisfactorily by any method not entailing the use of human or

 

human adixed embryos.’.

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Miss Ann Widdecombe

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr David Drew

 

Mr William Cash

 

Mr Tom Clarke

 

Total signatories: 20

 

Jim Dobbin

 

David Taylor

 

Mr Edward Leigh

 

Mark Pritchard

 

Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas

 

Mr David Crausby

 

John Mason

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mr Julian Brazier

 

Dr John Pugh

 

Mr Brian Binley

 

Paul Rowen

 

Geraldine Smith

 

Mr David Amess

 

53

 

Page  59,  line  16  [Schedule  2],  leave out ‘or’ and insert ‘and’.

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Miss Ann Widdecombe

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr David Drew

 

Mr William Cash

 

Mr Tom Clarke

 

Total signatories: 20

 

Jim Dobbin

 

David Taylor

 

Mr Edward Leigh

 

Mark Pritchard

 

Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas

 

Mr David Crausby

 

John Mason

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mr Julian Brazier

 

Dr John Pugh

 

Mr Brian Binley

 

Paul Rowen

 

Geraldine Smith

 

Mr David Amess

 

54

 

Page  59,  line  18  [Schedule  2],  leave out ‘or’ and insert ‘and’.

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Miss Ann Widdecombe

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr David Drew

 

Mr William Cash

 

Mr Tom Clarke

 

Total signatories: 20

 

Jim Dobbin

 

David Taylor

 

Mr Edward Leigh

 

Mark Pritchard

 

Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas

 

Mr David Crausby

 

John Mason

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mr Julian Brazier


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 22nd October 2008                

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Dr John Pugh

 

Mr Brian Binley

 

Paul Rowen

 

Geraldine Smith

 

Mr David Amess

 

55

 

Page  59,  line  22  [Schedule  2],  leave out ‘or’ and insert ‘and’.

 


 

Dr Vincent Cable

 

2

 

Page  60,  line  13  [Schedule  3],  leave out ‘sub-paragraph (2)’ and insert ‘sub-

 

paragraphs (2) and (2A)’.

 

Dr Vincent Cable

 

Lynne Jones

 

1

 

Page  60,  line  22  [Schedule  3],  at end insert—

 

  ‘(2A)  

A consent under this Schedule by a deceased person from whom gametes have

 

been retrieved posthumously may be deemed to have been given and not

 

withdrawn if the Consultant from whom the couple together were receiving

 

advice or treatment confirms in writing that the deceased was, at the date of

 

death, either receiving treatment or receiving advice in respect of a clear and

 

settled intention to have a child with his partner.’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

21

 

Page  60,  line  32  [Schedule  3],  leave out ‘a’ and insert ‘any’.

 

Mr William Cash

 

Miss Ann Widdecombe

 

Mr Edward Leigh

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr David Drew

 

Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas

 

Total signatories: 13

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mr Julian Brazier

 

Dr John Pugh

 

Mr Brian Binley

 

Paul Rowen

 

Geraldine Smith

 

Mr David Amess

 

82

 

Page  60,  line  35  [Schedule  3],  leave out sub-paragraph (4) and insert—

 

‘(4)    

In sub-paragraph (2)—

 

(a)    

for “or any embryo” substitute, “any embryo or any human admixed

 

embryo”, and

 

(b)    

for “or embryo” in both places substitute “, embryo or human admixed

 

embryo”.

 

(4A)    

After sub-paragraph (2) insert—

 

“(2A)    

In relation to Scotland, the reference in sub-paragraph (2)(b) to the

 

person lacking capacity is to be read as a reference to the person—


 
 

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Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords], continued

 
 

(a)    

lacking capacity within the meaning of the Age of Legal Capacity

 

(Scotland) Act 1991, or (b) being incapable within the meaning of section

 

1(6) of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000.’.

 


 

Mr William Cash

 

Miss Ann Widdecombe

 

Mr Edward Leigh

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr David Drew

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Total signatories: 19

 

Mr Tom Clarke

 

Jim Dobbin

 

Mark Pritchard

 

Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas

 

Mr David Crausby

 

John Mason

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mr Julian Brazier

 

Dr John Pugh

 

Mr Brian Binley

 

Paul Rowen

 

Geraldine Smith

 

Mr David Amess

 

57

 

Page  63,  line  28  [Schedule  3],  leave out sub-paragraph (5).

 


 

Mr William Cash

 

Miss Ann Widdecombe

 

Mr Edward Leigh

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr David Drew

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Total signatories: 19

 

Mr Tom Clarke

 

Jim Dobbin

 

Mark Pritchard

 

Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas

 

Mr David Crausby

 

John Mason

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mr Julian Brazier

 

Dr John Pugh

 

Mr Brian Binley

 

Paul Rowen

 

Geraldine Smith

 

Mr David Amess

 

58

 

Page  64,  line  34  [Schedule  3],  leave out sub-paragraph (3).

 


 

Mr William Cash

 

Miss Ann Widdecombe

 

Mr Edward Leigh

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr David Drew

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Total signatories: 19


 
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