Clause 1 - Authorisation of activities for scheduled purposes
Human Tissue Bill
2:30 pm
Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon, Liberal Democrat)
May I first apologise to you, Mrs. Adams, and to the Minister for losing the first two sentences of the sitting. Carriage Gates were not available to me because of the demonstrations, so I had to run round the other way.
I am grateful to the Minister because she has been very clear about quality assurance, public health monitoring and clinical audit. Does she feel that she has dealt with education and training incidental to the post mortem examination? Does what she has said apply to any slides from histology that are often retained—they might continue to be retained—after the return of the body and the organs to the family? Will those slides be available or will specific consent be required even for their review at a later clinical audit?