Clause 27
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]
12:00 pm
Robert Key (Salisbury, Conservative)
Of course, I accept your ruling, Mr. Hood. If I may, I will speak to clause 27, page 31, line 26—to amendment No. 156.
On the fees that are charged for cycles, NHS trusts will not pay for frozen cycles, and I wonder who made that ruling. An application for a separate licence must be made for each and every cycle, and that must be granted by the HFEA. The authority charges £104.50 per licence. That means that the Salisbury fertility clinic, which treats about 200 patients a year with fresh or frozen cycles, pays about £200,000 a year in fees. There are more than 100 IVF clinics in the UK, so our constituents pay about £2 million a year.