Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Bill

Debate between Sandy Martin and Geoffrey Robinson

2nd reading: House of Commons
Friday 23rd February 2018 Commons Chamber

[Sandy Martin (Ipswich) (Lab)]

I thank my hon. Friend for bringing this Bill to the House, and I will of course support it. He mentions the modest investment in capital and resources needed to give effect to this when it has become law, but does he agree that by saving lives and making people healthy enough to play a full part in society, we will be increasing the ability of our country to succeed, and also—although this is obviously a secondary issue by comparison with the saving of life—we will be reducing the ridiculous amount of spend on just keeping people alive when they actually need organ donations?

[Mr Robinson]

I entirely agree with my hon. Friend and thank him for his intervention, but I would rather not go down the route of cost-benefit analysis; these are matters of life and death and are best left as such when we look at what we can do to save lives that we know can be saved.