(Except clauses 4, 11, 14 and 23, schedule 2, and any new clauses or new schedules relating to the termination of pregnancy by registered medical practitioners) - Schedule 6
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]
1:00 pm
Evan Harris (Shadow Minister, Innovation, Universities and Skills; Oxford West and Abingdon, Liberal Democrat)
I agree with both the Minister and my hon. Friend the Member for Southport—[Interruption.] I know that that is hard to do, but I am trying to bring members of the Committee together.
There will be advances—perhaps even genetic chips—in the future, and we might be able to screen for diseases that we cannot screen for at the moment. Nevertheless, the Minister is right that we cannot future-proof things, and my hon. Friend’s point is not a good enough argument for changing the current position. Indeed, I do not think that it will ever be a good enough argument for invading the privacy of families. There is always a risk that we will inherit something—life is full of risks.