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Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [HL]

My Lords, whatever the Minister’s reply to this amendment, the motives of which I strongly support, I take this opportunity to thank her and the noble Lord, Lord Darzi, for the constructive and helpful way in which they have handled the Bill during its passage through this House, and for willingly agreeing to consider in depth so many of the ideas and proposals put forward in our debates. My thanks extend also to the Bill team, who have devoted much time to advancing the discussions that have taken place outside as well as within the Chamber. The Bill has been improved in substantive and important ways, and I believe that our debates and the Ministers’ joint efforts have served to clarify a number of difficult questions that the other place will now take forward.