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Report Stage Proceedings: 22nd October 2008              

763

 

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill[ [], continued

 
 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  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

 

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

 

Not called  62

 

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

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  27

 

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

 

concerned’.

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  28

 

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

 



 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 22nd October 2008              

764

 

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill[ [], continued

 
 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  29

 

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

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  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

 

Agreed to  31

 

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

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  32

 

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

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  33

 

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

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  34

 

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

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  35

 

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

 



 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 22nd October 2008              

765

 

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill[ [], continued

 
 

Mr William Cash

 

Miss Ann Widdecombe

 

Mr Edward Leigh

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr David Drew

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

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

 

Not called  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

 

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

 

Not called  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

 

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

 

Not called  65

 

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

 

page 112.

 



 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 22nd October 2008              

766

 

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill[ [], continued

 
 

Mr William Cash

 

Miss Ann Widdecombe

 

Mr Edward Leigh

 

Andrew Selous

 

Mr David Drew

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

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

 

Not called  66

 

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

 


 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  78

 

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

 

(6)’.

 

Secretary Alan Johnson

 

Agreed to  79

 

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

 


 

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

 

Lynne Jones

 

Mr Graham Allen

 

John McDonnell

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

Not called  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


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 22nd October 2008              

767

 

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill[ [], continued

 
 

(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

 

John McDonnell

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

Not called  NC2

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(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

 

Not called  NC6

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

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

 

(2)    

After section 1(1)(d) insert—


 
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