Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at on 19 November 2014.
Nanette Milne
Conservative
The Minister has told us about recent increases in the number of organ donors. Is that part of the impact of the Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006, which the Parliament passed eight years ago? How does Scotland compare with countries such as Spain and Holland, which have had a soft opt-out system for a number of years?
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