20 Most Recent Stories From Evan Harris's recent appearances (TheyWorkForYou)

Tue 17th Jun 2008:

HIV | Health | Written Answers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in England diagnosed with HIV are ineligible for treatment.

Thu 22nd May 2008:

Business of the House | Commons debates.

Does the Leader of the House agree that the House of Commons was at its best on Monday and Tuesday, in terms of debate, when it debated controversial issues in the Human Fertilisation and...

Tue 20th May 2008:

New Clause 1 - Amendment of the law relating to abortion | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

What the hon. Lady described on her blog as an injection of vitamin K, rather than potassium, which was curious, is exactly the way of ensuring that the baby comes out normally, through expulsion...

New Clause 1 - Amendment of the law relating to abortion | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

Does the hon. Lady want the answer?

New Clause 1 - Amendment of the law relating to abortion | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

My hon. Friend is making a thoughtful speech. The vast majority of premature births are due to maternal factors, not to foetal factors; the foetuses are not sick in those cases. Different...

New Clause 1 - Amendment of the law relating to abortion | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

Does the hon. Lady accept, first, that the existing consent forms and information sheets approved by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists provide information about the risks...

Clause 14 - Conditions of licences for treatment | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

I am keen to finish my speech, because others wish to speak. I have spoken to clinicians about what the Bill will mean, and I want to reinforce a point made by the Minister. Fortunately, the code...

Clause 14 - Conditions of licences for treatment | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

I thank the hon. Gentleman. I was going to give three brief examples relating to discrimination, but I shall now confine myself to two. In an e-mail, Natalie Gamble, a fertility lawyer dealing...

Clause 14 - Conditions of licences for treatment | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

I will give way once more.

Clause 14 - Conditions of licences for treatment | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

I believe that that is about birth certificates, and bringing provisions into line. The Minister has indicated that I am right, which is an achievement for me nowadays. I pay tribute to my hon....

Clause 14 - Conditions of licences for treatment | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

There is a philosophical discussion to be had about what is the nature of illness and of treatment. I see that the hon. Member for Stockton, South (Ms Taylor), who chairs the all-party...

Clause 14 - Conditions of licences for treatment | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

I am afraid that I do not understand the hon. Gentleman's point, and I do not know which part of the Bill he is referring to. I therefore do not want to be drawn into a discussion, but hopefully...

Clause 14 - Conditions of licences for treatment | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

Doctors will have to do that, which is why the HFEA produces a code of practice. It is easy to set out the code in a non-discriminatory, light-touch way. I believe that the right hon. Member for...

Clause 14 - Conditions of licences for treatment | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

I will come on to the welfare of the child in a few moments, which is probably the easiest way to deal with the hon. Lady's intervention. We must remember the origin of the provision. In 1990,...

Clause 14 - Conditions of licences for treatment | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

I have always taken the view that statute should not be used simply to send out a message, as there are other ways of sending out messages. Politicians with skill—the hon. Gentleman is one...

Clause 14 - Conditions of licences for treatment | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

May I say to the hon. Member for South Staffordshire (Sir Patrick Cormack) that I am certainly aware of the issue that he has raised? There are people behind me on the Liberal Democrat Benches...

Clause 14 - Conditions of licences for treatment | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

On these Benches—

Clause 14 - Conditions of licences for treatment | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

Does the hon. Gentleman not recognise what Professor Golombok went on to say in the same session? She said: "Families are all very different and you find very good relationships in single-parent...

Clause 14 - Conditions of licences for treatment | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

On the European convention on human rights, the House is advised by the Joint Committee on Human Rights, which includes Members of the right hon. Gentleman's party. In a unanimous report, the...

Clause 14 - Conditions of licences for treatment | Orders of the Day | Commons debates.

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