Clause 2 - ''Appropriate consent'': children
Human Tissue Bill
9:10 am
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire, Conservative)
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. Of course, we have not yet reached that point in our discussions, but best practice, which should be reflected in the codes of practice, would allow families to state the extent to which they wished to know about what is to be retained. Clearly, that would have to come at an earlier point; there will be some families who do not want to know. That would mean that those who might be distressed in the way that the hon. Gentleman suggests would not necessarily have to go through that ordeal.