Schedule 3 - Licences for the purposes of section 13
Human Tissue Bill
11:00 am
Dr Stephen Ladyman (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Health; South Thanet, Labour)
So far as the licence fee is concerned, the principle on which we are proceeding is only to allow cost recovery. One must accept also that the Government would not wish to subsidise regulatory bodies. Those operating or applying for licences must expect to cover the full cost of managing the licence process. We do not intend that the costs will go beyond the cost of recovering the licence fee.
As for the different licences that may be required, a licence can cover only one activity, so the application can be covered by a single process. Applying for several activities can be done on one form in one stage, but several licences might be issued. That will have benefits for the organisation, as it may want different activities to be managed separately. Its internal structure might mean that it is better to have different oversight of different activities to ensure compliance with the Bill.