Clause 12 - General functions
Human Tissue Bill
10:15 am
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 31, in
clause 12, page 9, line 38, leave out from 'remit' to the end of line 39.
One of the criticisms from outside bodies is that the Bill is complex and difficult to read. I hate to use the word ''bodies'' in this context, but there is no other word that usefully fits the purpose. This simple amendment seeks to remove an area of pedantry around the general functions, about which my hon. Friends and I are concerned. The amendment would remove paragraph (a)(ii) and rely exclusively on the preceding sub-paragraph in stipulating that the Human Tissue Authority should maintain
''a statement of the general principles which it considers should be followed''
in relation to ''the carrying-on'' of its activities. Although that is a small point, the deletion of that line would improve the way the Bill reads without removing any of its meaning.