Puberty Blockers Trial: Consent Debate
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Puberty Blockers Trial: Consent
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Captain of the King’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard and Deputy Chief Whip (Baroness Wheeler) (Lab)
My Lords, we will hear from the Liberal Democrats.
Lord Scriven (LD)
My Lords, the review from the noble Baroness, Lady Cass, warned that having no formal medical routes risks driving families towards unregulated online pharmacies and private clinics abroad. Given that an indefinite pause of the trial left some highly vulnerable young people in a state of clinical limbo, does the Minister agree that getting an evidence-gathering trial under way would be an effective way to protect them from the dangers of these unregulated and unmonitored markets?