Schedule 1 - Scheduled purposes
Human Tissue Bill
4:00 pm
Mrs Irene Adams (Paisley North, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:
Amendment No. 93, in
schedule 1, page 37, line 21, at end insert
'other than such research conducted using residual tissue'.
Amendment No. 94, in
schedule 1, page 37, line 26, at end insert 'or using residual tissue'.
Amendment No. 95, in
schedule 1, page 37, line 28, at end add—
'13 Research in connection with disorders, or the functioning, of the human body using residual tissues'.
Amendment No. 86, in
clause 24, page 15, line 20, leave out '(8)' and insert '(8C)'.
Amendment No. 99, in
clause 24, page 15, line 23, at end insert—
'(3A) The Standards required to be laid down by subsection (1) may include provision that the use of residual tissue not normally requiring consent for purposes under part 2 of Schedule 1 may require the approval of an appropriately constituted research ethics committee.'.
Amendment No. 87, in
clause 24, page 16, line 3, at end insert—
'(8A) The standards required to be laid down by subsection (1) shall include provision to secure that consent indicates for which scheduled purposes consent has been obtained.
(8B) The standards required to be laid down by subsection (1) may provide that residual tissue may be retained for scheduled purposes under paragraphs 3, 5 or 7 of Schedule 1 without consent or pursuant to a consent to treatment entered into by the person concerned.
(8C) The standards required to be laid down by subsection (1) may provide that consent for the scheduled purpose of transplantation may be given by means of an enduring consent.'.
Amendment No. 88, in
clause 24, page 16, line 3, at end insert—
'(8D) For the purposes of this Act—
''residual tissue'' means relevant material obtained, in the course of, and consequent upon, a course of diagnosis or treatment, following consent of the person concerned to treatment; and
''enduring consent'' means a consent given by the person concerned which is obtained prior to any treatment and which is not specific to the circumstances of any diagnosis or course of treatment of that person while he is alive, or to the circumstances of his death.'.
Amendment No. 96, in
clause 47, page 29, line 26, at end insert—
'(e) purposes of research in connection with disorders, or the functioning, of the human body using residual tissues.'.