Clause 2 - ''Appropriate consent'': children
Human Tissue Bill
9:10 am
Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:
Amendment No. 2, in
clause 3, page 3, line 40, at end insert—
'(2A) ''Consent'' for the purposes of this section means consent sought in accordance with the standards expected in relation to the obtaining of consent laid down by the Authority under section 24.'.
Amendment No. 100, in
clause 23, page 14, line 25, at end insert—
'(ff) the meaning and interpretation of consent under and for the purposes of section 1;'.
Amendment No. 101, in
clause 24, page 15, line 15, after '(g)', insert—
'(aa) section 23(ff),'.
Amendment No. 3, in
clause 24, page 15, line 18, at end insert—
'(1A) The standards laid down under subsection (1) shall include provisions to secure that, wherever practicable, the consent for the retention of organs after death will specify those organs and not be subsumed within a general consent for tissues generally.'.
Amendment No. 4, in
clause 24, page 16, line 4, at end add—
'(10) For the purposes of this section ''organs'' means any part of the human body consisting of a structured arrangement of tissues which, if wholly removed, cannot be replicated by the body.'.