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Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [HL]

Very briefly, I wonder whether I might, without causing too many jitters on my Front Bench, throw a tiny embryological spanner into the works. Perhaps the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, will correct me if I am wrong, but so far, in practice, most of these diagnostic procedures, which are very rare—they have been done only a very few times—have usually been done in collaboration with other countries, for example in the United States where tissue-typing or a gene-specific diagnosis has been made by a pre-implantation diagnosis overseas. How would that be covered by British law under the Bill if it was passed? Should that be considered, because it seems to be quite relevant to our discussions?