Clause 35 - Remit of Inspectorate of Organ and Tissue for Human Use
Human Tissue Bill
9:10 am
Dr Stephen Ladyman (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Health; South Thanet, Labour)
No, I will not change my mind.
Blood and blood derivatives fall under the consent provisions, but their procurement, storage and use are excluded from regulation, because they will be dealt with by arrangements being set up under the blood directive. A designated competent authority will carry out inspections under legislation following the blood directive.
However, blood precursors—blood stem cells—are not regulated under the blood directive, so the amendment would remove storage and use of blood precursors from regulation by the appropriate inspectorate. That would mean removing bone marrow transplantation from the oversight of the inspectorate, undermining the comprehensive scope of the regulatory regime. That would be inappropriate, as I hope hon. Members will agree.