Clause 35 - Remit of Inspectorate of Organ and Tissue for Human Use
Human Tissue Bill
9:10 am
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 130, in
clause 35, page 24, line 6, after 'blood', insert 'blood precursors'.
The clause contains an omission, which the Under-Secretary will be keen to correct. ''Relevant material'', referred to in subsection (3), is said to exclude
''blood or anything derived from blood.''
That appears not to take account of bone marrow, and I assume that it would be the hon. Gentleman's intention to include that.
The wording of my amendment is a bit of a nonsense and, as the Under-Secretary commented on how we are all keen on plain English, I shall suggest an amendment to my amendment. My amendment would change the subsection to read: ''In this section, 'relevant material' does not include blood, blood
precursors or anything derived from blood.'' That clearly makes no sense. Of course, I intended it to read: ''In this section, 'relevant material' does not include blood or anything derived from blood or blood precursors'', with specific reference to bone marrow, and I suspect that that is the hon. Gentleman's intention.