Clause 4 - Nominated representatives
Human Tissue Bill
3:45 pm
Dr Stephen Ladyman (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Health; South Thanet, Labour)
I guess that we could call it the amendment to ensure that the annoying relative who gets drunk at family Christmas parties is in no position to dispose of one's body parts after death. Although I have no experience of the hon. Gentleman's family, I can see why in principle he would consider the amendment necessary.
Sufficient safeguards already exist in the Bill, however. Were someone to go to the trouble of identifying another whom they did not want to be nominated to act on their behalf, it would be more simple to do it the other way round by nominating someone to act on their behalf. That is already in the Bill, so we have already adequately covered the amendment. I undertake to consider it further before
Report, but it is an unnecessary amendment and I hope that the hon. Gentleman will withdraw it.