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Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]

I am trying to be helpful, so I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for taking my intervention. He said that ““serious”” was not tight enough, as it was open to interpretation and was essentially subjective. However, the fact that it is open to interpretation is important in clinical practice, because doctors and patients together take decisions that are specific to their circumstances. That is what medical care is. Secondly, if ““serious”” is subjective—not a bad thing when dealing with patients—so is seriously impairing the ““quality of life””. They are both subjective; one is no better than the other in that respect.