Clause 54
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]
9:30 am
Jimmy Hood (Lanark and Hamilton East, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments:
No. 162, in clause 54, page 45, line 42, after second ‘the’, insert ‘applicant or’.
No. 163, in clause 54, page 46, line 1, after ‘not’, insert ‘the applicant or’.
No. 164, in clause 54, page 46, line 4, after first ‘of’, insert ‘the applicant or’.
No. 165, in clause 54, page 46, line 7, leave out subsection (2) and insert—
‘(2A) An application for a parental order may by made by—
(a) a couple or
(b) one person who is not married or a civil partner.
(2B) In this section, a couple means—
(a) a married couple or
(b) civil partners or
(c) two people (whether of different sexes or the same sex) who are living together in an enduring family relationship and who are not within the prohibited degrees of relationship to each other.
(2C) A parental order may be made on the application of one person who is married or is a civil partner if the court is satisfied—
(a) that the person’s spouse or civil partner cannot be found,
(b) the spouses or civil partners have separated and are living apart and the separation is likely to be permanent, or
(c) the person’s spouse or partner is by reason of ill health, whether physical or mental, incapable of making an application for a parental order.’.
No. 166, in clause 54, page 46, line 13, after first ‘the’, insert ‘applicant or’.
No. 167, in clause 54, page 46, line 17, after second ‘the’, insert ‘applicant or’.
No. 168, in clause 54, page 46, line 18, after ‘applicants’, insert
‘(or in the case of a single person, the applicant)’.
No. 169, in clause 54, page 46, line 20, after ‘applicants’, insert
‘(or in the case of a single person, the applicant)’.
No. 170, in clause 54, page 47, line 10, after ‘by’, insert ‘a single person or by’.