Clause 7
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]
5:00 pm
Mark Simmonds (Shadow Minister, Health; Boston and Skegness, Conservative)
Clause 7 strikes me as a curious measure. It states that the authority, meaning the HFEA, should carry out its duties
“effectively, efficiently and economically”,
but one would have thought that that is implicit for any Government authority. Does it mean that the HFEA has so far been ineffective, inefficient and uneconomic? What would be the impact on the HFEA if the clause was not included? The HFEA’s behaviour and performance should not be altered because it should operate that way whether or not the clause is included.