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Consideration of Bill: 22nd October 2008                

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Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords], continued

 
 

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

 

59

 

Page  67  [Schedule  3],  leave out lines 23 to 46.

 


 

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

 

60

 

Page  68  [Schedule  3],  leave out lines 8 to 21.

 

Mr William Cash

 

Miss Ann Widdecombe

 

Mr Edward Leigh

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr David Drew

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Total signatories: 13

 

Mr Tom Clarke

 

Jim Dobbin

 

Mark Pritchard

 

Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas

 

Mr David Crausby

 

John Mason

 

Mr David Amess

 

61

 

Page  68,  line  38  [Schedule  3],  leave out paragraph 14.

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

22

 

Page  73  [Schedule  3],  leave out lines 36 to 46 and insert—

 

    ‘(4)  

Condition B is that—’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

23

 

Page  73,  line  47  [Schedule  3],  leave out from ‘(“P”)’ to end of line 48 and insert ‘is

 

dead or the person responsible under the licence (“R”) believes on reasonable grounds that


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 22nd October 2008                

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P is dead’.

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

24

 

Page  74,  line  1  [Schedule  3],  leave out ‘the person responsible under the licence

 

(“R”)’ and insert ‘R’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

25

 

Page  74,  line  7  [Schedule  3],  after ‘died’, insert ‘(or is believed to have died)’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

26

 

Page  74,  line  10  [Schedule  3],  at end insert—

 

  ‘(4A)  

Condition C is that—

 

(a)    

the person responsible under the licence (“R”) has taken all reasonable

 

steps to contact—

 

(i)    

the person falling within sub-paragraph (1)(b) (“P”), or

 

(ii)    

in a case where P is dead or R believes on reasonable grounds

 

that P is dead, persons who could give consent for the

 

purposes of sub-paragraph (4)(c),

 

    

but has been unable to do so, and

 

(b)    

the information relating to P that is available to R does not suggest that

 

P would have objected to the use of P’s human cells to bring about the

 

creation in vitro of an embryo or human admixed embryo for use for

 

the purposes of the project.’.

 


 

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

 

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Page  75  [Schedule  3],  leave out lines 7 to 19.

 



 
 

Consideration of Bill: 22nd October 2008                

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Secretary Alan Johnson

 

27

 

Page  85,  line  15  [Schedule  6],  leave out ‘that person’ and insert ‘the woman

 

concerned’.

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

28

 

Page  87,  line  36  [Schedule  6],  after ‘of’, insert ‘the formation of’.

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

29

 

Page  88,  line  9  [Schedule  6],  after ‘time’, insert ‘of the formation’.

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

30

 

Page  95,  line  17  [Schedule  6],  leave out from third ‘the’ to ‘shall’ in line 19 and

 

insert ‘woman concerned (in which case the woman concerned’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

31

 

Page  95,  line  23  [Schedule  6],  leave out ‘person’ and insert ‘woman concerned’.

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

32

 

Page  96,  line  16  [Schedule  6],  leave out second ‘a’ and insert ‘the’.

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

33

 

Page  99,  line  21  [Schedule  6],  after ‘of’, insert ‘the formation of’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

34

 

Page  99,  line  37  [Schedule  6],  after ‘time’, insert ‘of the formation’.

 



 
 

Consideration of Bill: 22nd October 2008                

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Secretary Alan Johnson

 

35

 

Page  107,  line  9  [Schedule  6],  after ‘domiciled’, insert ‘immediately’.

 


 

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

 

63

 

Page  109,  line  6  [Schedule  7],  leave out paragraph 7.

 


 

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

 

64

 

Page  110  [Schedule  7],  leave out lines 28 to 33.

 


 

Mr William Cash

 

Miss Ann Widdecombe

 

Mr Edward Leigh

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr David Drew

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Total signatories: 19


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 22nd October 2008                

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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

 

65

 

Page  111,  line  22  [Schedule  7],  leave out from ‘gametes’ to ‘criminal’ in line 4 on

 

page 112.

 


 

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

 

66

 

Page  113,  line  6  [Schedule  7],  leave out paragraph 25.

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

78

 

Page  114,  line  13  [Schedule  8],  column 2, leave out ‘, (6) and (7)’ and insert ‘and

 

(6)’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

79

 

Page  114,  line  14  [Schedule  8],  column 2, leave out ‘(7) or’.

 



 
 

Consideration of Bill: 22nd October 2008                

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new clauses

 

Amendment of the Abortion Act 1967: medical approval

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Chris McCafferty

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

Ms Patricia Hewitt

 

Judy Mallaber

 

John Austin

 

Total signatories: 10

 

Lynne Jones

 

Mr Graham Allen

 

John McDonnell

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

NC1

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Abortion Act 1967 (c.87) is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In section 1(1) omit from first “if” to end of paragraph (1) and insert—

 

    

“a registered medical practitioner is of the opinion, formed in good

 

faith—

 

(a)    

that the pregnancy has not exceeded its twenty-fourth week and

 

that the termination would be carried out in accordance with the

 

conditions and principles of good medical practice, or

 

(b)    

that one or more of the following grounds applies—

 

(i)    

the termination is necessary to prevent grave permanent

 

injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant

 

woman; or

 

(ii)    

the continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk to

 

the life of the pregnant woman, greater than if the

 

pregnancy were terminated; or

 

(iii)    

there is a substantial risk that if the child were born it

 

would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities

 

as to be seriously handicapped.” ’.

 


 

Amendment of the Abortion Act 1967: role of health care professionals

 

Frank Dobson

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

John Austin

 

Lynne Jones

 

Mr Graham Allen

 

Total signatories: 8

 

John McDonnell

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

NC2

 

To move the following Clause:—


 
 

Consideration of Bill: 22nd October 2008                

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‘(1)    

The Abortion Act 1967 (c.87) is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In section 1(1) for first “medical” substitute “health care”.

 

(3)    

In section 6, after “them:—” insert

 

“ “registered health care practitioner” means a “registered medical

 

practitioner” as defined in Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978

 

(c.30) or a nurse or midwife registered in the register maintained under

 

article 5 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 by virtue of

 

qualifications in nursing or midwifery, as the case may be.” ’.

 


 

Amendment of the Abortion Act 1967: seriously handicapped

 

Mrs Nadine Dorries

 

Mr Frank Field

 

NC6

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Abortion Act 1967 (c. 87) is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

After section 1(1)(d) insert—

 

“( )    

In section 1(1)(d) the term “seriously handicapped” does not include club

 

foot, cleft lip, cleft palate or cleft lip and palate”’.

 


 

Amendment to the Abortion Act 1967: locations where terminations may take place

 

Mrs Jacqui Lait

 

John Austin

 

Mr Graham Allen

 

NC7

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Abortion Act 1967 (c. 87) is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In section 1(3), after “foundation trust or”, insert “in any location where a health

 

care provider provides primary care under a contract with a commissioner of

 

NHS services or”’.

 



 
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