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Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill

My hon. Friend the Member for Oxford, West and Abingdon tells me that the criteria that the NHS set refer to—[Interruption.] Let me develop my argument. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority code of practice rightly says that if a single or lesbian woman seeks treatment, the treatment centre should assess the prospective mother's ability to meet the child's needs. Given that IVF treatment is already being given to single and lesbian women, the changes proposed—the deletion of the requirement to take into account the need for a father—is not actually that dramatic