asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Statement by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, Maria Eagle, on 11 November (Official Report, House of Commons, col. 241WH) that the legal position on assisted dying is clear, whether a doctor may lawfully administer what she reasonably believes to be appropriate medical...

asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Statement by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, Maria Eagle, on 11 November (Official Report, House of Commons, col. 241WH) that the legal position on assisted dying is clear, whether a doctor may lawfully administer what she reasonably believes to be appropriate medical...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patient safety incidents classified as causing (a) no harm, (b) low harm, (c) moderate harm, (d) severe harm and (e) death were recorded in each NHS trust in each quarter since the inception of the National Reporting and Learning System;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patient safety incidents classified as causing (a) no harm, (b) low harm, (c) moderate harm, (d) severe harm and (e) death were recorded in each NHS trust in each quarter since the inception of the National Reporting and Learning System;...

I should like to put my grumblings on the record. I questioned whether the point, as it was made by the hon. Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston (Ms Stuart), is correct. In order to assert that it is, one has to look at the figures in the years before and after...

I should like to put my grumblings on the record. I questioned whether the point, as it was made by the hon. Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston (Ms Stuart), is correct. In order to assert that it is, one has to look at the figures in the years before and after...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston (Ms Stuart)—I hope to engage with some of her arguments—and the hon. Member for Eddisbury (Mr. O'Brien), who has demonstrated today that his interests go beyond the excellent work that he does in the field of malaria, for...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston (Ms Stuart)—I hope to engage with some of her arguments—and the hon. Member for Eddisbury (Mr. O'Brien), who has demonstrated today that his interests go beyond the excellent work that he does in the field of malaria, for...

Will the hon. Gentleman accept that a different argument could be made for kidney transplants, as it is possible to have a live transplant of one kidney? There was an attempt in the House of Lords to introduce a transplant Bill that applied just to kidneys. The argument for such...

Will the hon. Gentleman accept that a different argument could be made for kidney transplants, as it is possible to have a live transplant of one kidney? There was an attempt in the House of Lords to introduce a transplant Bill that applied just to kidneys. The argument for such...

I do not for one second suggest that I have knowledge at the same level as the hon. Gentleman, whom I know has studied this matter in great detail. That said, where we can get evidence, we must try hard to base many of our judgments on the evidence that...

I do not for one second suggest that I have knowledge at the same level as the hon. Gentleman, whom I know has studied this matter in great detail. That said, where we can get evidence, we must try hard to base many of our judgments on the evidence that...

I declare an interest, as one of the largest transplant centres is part of the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS foundation trust. The very first question I ever had to answer as a Health Minister in the House of Commons was from Tam Dalyell, who was a great supporter of presumed...

I declare an interest, as one of the largest transplant centres is part of the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS foundation trust. The very first question I ever had to answer as a Health Minister in the House of Commons was from Tam Dalyell, who was a great supporter of presumed...

Indeed. I hope that there is broad consensus in the House—or at least among right hon. and hon. Members in the Chamber today—that we can change the terms. There is clearly a difference between an authorisation being an opt-in or an opt-out. I am not seeking to change the terms...

Indeed. I hope that there is broad consensus in the House—or at least among right hon. and hon. Members in the Chamber today—that we can change the terms. There is clearly a difference between an authorisation being an opt-in or an opt-out. I am not seeking to change the terms...

I would like to respond to the points raised and I thank my hon. Friends for their measured and thoughtful contributions to what we all find a challenging and finely balanced debate. I start by reminding colleagues that the number of possible donors each year is between 2,000 to 3,000...

I would like to respond to the points raised and I thank my hon. Friends for their measured and thoughtful contributions to what we all find a challenging and finely balanced debate. I start by reminding colleagues that the number of possible donors each year is between 2,000 to 3,000...

I did not understand why the House of Lords Bill was restricted to kidneys. I looked into the matter but could not understand it. It was something to do with one kidney but it did not make sense ethically or practically. Obviously, we are talking about cadaveric donation, but there...

I did not understand why the House of Lords Bill was restricted to kidneys. I looked into the matter but could not understand it. It was something to do with one kidney but it did not make sense ethically or practically. Obviously, we are talking about cadaveric donation, but there...

The hon. Gentleman makes an interesting point. I have looked at my donor card, which has the word ““donor”” on it, but neither ““consent”” nor ““authorisation””. It simply says"““I request that after my death””—" it is a request by those who are living—and that is it. Of course, the strapline...

The hon. Gentleman makes an interesting point. I have looked at my donor card, which has the word ““donor”” on it, but neither ““consent”” nor ““authorisation””. It simply says"““I request that after my death””—" it is a request by those who are living—and that is it. Of course, the strapline...

I certainly support what the Minister is saying and what the Government are doing on the matter, but there is one thing that I find curious, and I would be grateful for her reflections. Although more and more people have signed up to the organ donor register—not as many as...

I certainly support what the Minister is saying and what the Government are doing on the matter, but there is one thing that I find curious, and I would be grateful for her reflections. Although more and more people have signed up to the organ donor register—not as many as...

Welcome to the Chair, Miss Begg. Just over 40 years ago, the surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the first heart transplant on a human. The 55-year-old recipient survived for only 18 days, but the operation was an important medical milestone, showing that transplant surgery was a viable procedure for patients with...

Welcome to the Chair, Miss Begg. Just over 40 years ago, the surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the first heart transplant on a human. The 55-year-old recipient survived for only 18 days, but the operation was an important medical milestone, showing that transplant surgery was a viable procedure for patients with...

I declare, hopefully alongside all my hon. Friends and other colleagues in the House, that I am on the organ donation register and I have held my organ donor card since 1986. For 10 years before that, I think that it was known as the kidney donor card, before it...

I declare, hopefully alongside all my hon. Friends and other colleagues in the House, that I am on the organ donation register and I have held my organ donor card since 1986. For 10 years before that, I think that it was known as the kidney donor card, before it...

I can certainly confirm for my hon. Friend that it is a top priority. I can also confirm that resources have been made available to ensure that those services are developed, so the Department is moving forward on that issue. Part of that process is about increasing the number of...

I can certainly confirm for my hon. Friend that it is a top priority. I can also confirm that resources have been made available to ensure that those services are developed, so the Department is moving forward on that issue. Part of that process is about increasing the number of...

Last Friday, there was a debate in the House of Lords, in which Lord Crisp, who is a former chief executive of the NHS and a former permanent secretary in the Department of Health, said:"““To implement the reorganisation of organ donations and transplantation services must be the Department of Health's...

Last Friday, there was a debate in the House of Lords, in which Lord Crisp, who is a former chief executive of the NHS and a former permanent secretary in the Department of Health, said:"““To implement the reorganisation of organ donations and transplantation services must be the Department of Health's...

The hon. Gentleman touches on a number of points addressed by the taskforce in both its reports—I shall return to them briefly in my comments—about arrangements in the health service to ensure that even where the health service is aware that somebody is on the donor register, or where donation...

The hon. Gentleman touches on a number of points addressed by the taskforce in both its reports—I shall return to them briefly in my comments—about arrangements in the health service to ensure that even where the health service is aware that somebody is on the donor register, or where donation...

Will the hon. Gentleman comment on the French experience? They briefly introduced presumed consent, but at that point the numbers dropped dramatically and they had to reverse the legislation.

Will the hon. Gentleman comment on the French experience? They briefly introduced presumed consent, but at that point the numbers dropped dramatically and they had to reverse the legislation.

I confess that I have not studied that case in detail, so I am not sure whether I could draw any conclusions from that evidence, or whether it is disputed. [Interruption.] I have just heard a grumbling from a Member in a sedentary position who might be regarded, in this...

I confess that I have not studied that case in detail, so I am not sure whether I could draw any conclusions from that evidence, or whether it is disputed. [Interruption.] I have just heard a grumbling from a Member in a sedentary position who might be regarded, in this...