Schedule 7
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]
1:30 pm
Mark Simmonds (Shadow Minister, Health; Boston and Skegness, Conservative)
It would be helpful if, when responding to my brief contribution, the Minister will explain the amendment. My understanding is that it will merely necessitate a report being produced by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority to the Secretary of State. I want to be sure that the annual report will be a public document and that it will be available for scrutiny, hopefully at the appropriate time for debate in Parliament. I clarify that the necessity to produce a report is not insisted on under the 1990 Act. It is a new provision that has been inserted into the Bill.