Clause 1 - Authorisation of activities for scheduled purposes
Human Tissue Bill
9:10 am
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire, Conservative)
I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman has interpreted the Bill as I have, but it is clear that, among other matters, the Human Tissue Authority will have to deal with communications with the family about the giving of consent. However, the meaning of ''consent'' is not defined in the Bill and is not one of the matters dealt with by the Human Tissue Authority under clause 23. Moreover, it is not one of the matters dealt with by clause 24. Communication with the family is the limit of the matters that are to be dealt with in the standards set out by the Human Tissue Authority. I therefore contend that it might not set out in its standards that every scheduled purpose must be specifically consented to.