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Health Bill [HL]

Briefly, I add my support to the amendment proposed by the noble Baroness. I do so from a position way beyond that which I suspect she and most others in this Room would hold. I regard this body of mine as being mine in life and it is for me to say in what way it should be disposed of after my death. I regard that as an absolute. I recognise that many people do not, but this goes some way along that road. For example, I would have the gravest reservations about any organs from my body after my death being used to save the lives of Mr Adams or Mr McGuinness, or any of the gangsters with whom they have long been associated. To me, this seems a very reasonable movement along the path. I would like to go a long way farther.