Medical Innovation Bill [HL]
Debate between Baroness Masham of Ilton and Baroness Gardner of Parkes(9 years, 6 months ago)
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Baroness Gardner of Parkes (Con)
My Lords, I am slightly concerned about the wording of the amendment because I would not want it to become a way of dragging things on forever. How do you decide what is,
“a representative body of responsible medical opinion”?
To lay people such as myself, there seem to be heaps of medical bodies and I wonder how that would be determined. I would be interested to be satisfied on those points. The speech of the noble Lord, Lord Winston, was clear that he does not intend the amendment to represent any of those matters, but I would like someone who is more of an expert on the wording of these things to assure me that it would not be only a preventative technique.
Baroness Masham of Ilton (CB)
My Lords, having tabled an amendment to the Bill on patient safety, I am happy to support the amendment.