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Amendment of the Abortion Act 1967: offer of information and counselling (No. 3)

Angela Watkinson

Miss Ann Widdecombe

Mr David Burrowes

Andrew Selous

Mr David Drew

Mark Pritchard

Total signatories: 7

Mr William Cash

NC33

To move the following Clause:—

‘After section 1 of the Abortion Act 1967 (c. 87) (medical termination of

pregnancy) insert—

“1A(1)

If a pregnant woman requests a medical termination of pregnancy

from a registered medical practitioner under the grounds for

termination specified in section 1 of this Act (except in the case of a

medical emergency by virtue of section 1(4)), a registered medical

practitioner or a suitable qualified health professional expeditiously

shall provide the pregnant woman with—

(a)	the offer of a suitable opportunity to receive counselling; and

(b)	the following information—

(i)	a description of the risks of termination of pregnancy

at different stages of pregnancy and the potential

post-termination physical, psychological and

psychiatric risks associated with the termination of

pregnancy; and

(ii)	contact details of sources of available help and advice

including adoption services and if tests of the embryo

or foetus have already revealed a risk of any material

or physical abnormality, where available, relevant

supportive service providers and information.

(2)	The offer and information set out in paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) must be

provided prior to the termination of the pregnancy.”’.

Amendment of the Abortion Act 1967: Review by Joint Parliamentary Committee

Mr Frank Field

Mrs Nadine Dorries

Mr Tom Clarke

David Taylor

Miss Ann Widdecombe

Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas

Total signatories: 15

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Mr David Crausby

John Mason

Mr John Hayes

Mr Julian Brazier

Dr John Pugh

Mr Brian Binley

Paul Rowen

Geraldine Smith

Mr William Cash

NC34

To move the following Clause:—

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

(2)	After section 5 insert—

“5A	Review by Joint Parliamentary Committee

(1)	There shall be a Committee (“the Committee”) consisting of Members of

both Houses of Parliament which shall undertake a review of abortion

law and practice.

(2)	Within nine months of the date on which the Human Fertilisation and

Embryology Act 2008 receives Royal Assent, the Committee shall

complete its review and lay a report of its findings before both Houses of

Parliament.

(3)	It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to take all reasonable steps to

give legislative effect to the report of the Committee within two years of

the date on which it is laid.

(4)	The Committee shall consist of a total of 17 members of the House of

Lords and the House of Commons to be nominated by the Lord Speaker

and the Speaker of the House of Commons.

(5)	When nominating members of the Committee, the Lord Speaker and the

Speaker of the House of Commons shall take all reasonable steps to

ensure that the membership of the Committee includes those who support

and those who do not support the services provided under this Act.

(6)	In undertaking its review the Committee shall take all reasonable steps to

ensure that they are informed by the views of those who support and

those who do not support the services provided under this Act.”’.

Reports to Secretary of State

Mr Edward Leigh

Miss Ann Widdecombe

John Mason

Paul Rowen

Jim Dobbin

Mr Tom Clarke

Total signatories: 10

Mr Iain Duncan Smith

Mr David Amess

Mr William Cash

Mr David Taylor

NC35

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	Section 7 of the 1990 Act (Reports to Secretary of State) is amended as follows.

(2)	After subsection (3) insert—

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“(4)	The Authority’s annual report must include a detailed evaluation of all

current research projects licensed by the Authority, which shall include:

(a)	statistical information,

(b)	measures of performance such as peer review journal

publications and patents obtained, and

(c)	details of how the Authority will develop other ways to monitor

performance, or how it has monitored performance, of licences

granted for the purposes of research.”’.

Use of human gametes

Mrs Nadine Dorries

Mr William Cash

Mr Edward Leigh

Mr David Amess

NC36

To move the following Clause:—

‘It shall be an offence for human gametes, as such, to give rise to financial gain

or comparable advantage.

The aforementioned provision shall not prevent payments which do not constitute

a financial gain or a comparable advantage, in particular:

(a)	compensation of living donors for loss of earnings and any other

justifiable expenses caused by the donation or by the related medical

examinations;

(b)	payment of a justifiable fee for legitimate medical or related technical

services rendered in connection with donation.’.

Order of the House [12th MAY 2008]

That the following provisions apply to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill

[Lords]:

Commital

1.	The following shall be committed to a Committee of the whole House—

(a)	Clauses 4, 11, 14, and 23 and Schedule 2;

(b)	any new Clauses or new Schedules relating to the termination of

pregnancy by registered medical practitioners.

2.	The remainder of the Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

Proceedings in Committee

3.	Proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall be completed in two

days.

4.	Those proceedings shall be taken on each of those days as shown in the first

column of the following Table and in the order so shown.

5.	The proceedings on each of those days shall (so far as not previously

concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the times specified in the second

column of the Table.

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TABLE

	Proceedings	Time for conclusion of proceedings
	First day
	Clause 4	Three hours after the commencement
		of proceedings on the Bill
	Clause 11 and Schedule 2	Three hours after the commencement
		of proceedings on Clause 11

	Second day
	Clause 14 and 23	Three hours after the commencement
		of proceedings on the Bill
	Any new Clauses or new Schedules	Three hours after the commencement
	relating to the termination of	of proceedings on any such new
	pregnancy by registered medical	Clauses or new Schedules
	practioners

6.	Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to the

proceedings in Committee of the whole House.

7.	Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 17th June 2008.

8.	The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

which it meets.

9.	When the provisions of the Bill considered, respectively, by the Committee

of the whole House and by the Public Bill Committee have been reported to

the House, the Bill shall be proceeded with as if it had been reported as a

whole to the House from the Public Bill Committee.

Consideration and Third Reading

10.	Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

day on which those proceedings are commenced.

11.	Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

12.	Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

13.	Any other proceedings on the Bill (inlcuding any proceedings on

consideration of any message from the Lords) may be programmed.

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HUMAN FERTILISATION AND EMBRYOLOGY BILL [LORDS]

(PROGRAMME) (No. 2)

Secretary Alan Johnson

That the Order of 12th May 2008 (Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]

(Programme)) be varied as follows:

        1. Paragraphs 10 and 11 of the Order shall be omitted.

        2. Proceedings on consideration shall be taken in the following order:

amendments to the clauses of the Bill; amendments to the Schedules of the

Bill; new Clauses; new Schedules; remaining proceedings on consideration.

        3. Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion at 6.00 p.m. at this day’s sitting.

        4. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion at 7.00 p.m. at this day’s sitting.

NOTICES WITHDRAWN

The following Notices have been withdrawn:

Mrs Nadine Dorries

Mr William Cash

Mr Edward Leigh

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Page  33,  line  41  [Clause  29],  at end insert—

‘(10B)    

(a)	it shall be an offence to conduct any transaction - financial or otherwise

- involving human gametes subject to exceptions in paragraph (b),

(b)	the exceptions referred to in paragraph (a) shall be—

(i)	compensation of living donors for loss of earnings and any other

justifiable expenses caused by the donation or by the related

medical examinations, or

(ii)	payment of a justifiable fee for legitimate medical or related

technical services rendered in connection with donation.’.

Mr David Burrowes

Miss Ann Widdecombe

Andrew Selous

Mr David Drew

Mr William Cash

Mark Pritchard

Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas

Mr David Crausby

Mr David Amess

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Page  2,  line  16  [Clause  1],  leave out ‘or’ and insert ‘and’.

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Mr David Burrowes

Miss Ann Widdecombe

Andrew Selous

Mr David Drew

Mr William Cash

Mark Pritchard

Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas

Mr David Crausby

Mr David Amess

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Page  5,  line  9  [Clause  4],  leave out ‘or’ and insert ‘and’.

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Revised 22 October 2008