Lead member
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Labour, Life peer
Lords
Decision
Withdrawn
The amendment was withdrawn after debate and no decision was taken on it.
Amendment text
After Clause 30
Insert the following new Clause—
“Excluding supplier for involvement in forced organ harvesting
(1)
Subsection (2) applies if a contracting authority determines that a supplier is located in a country categorised by a Minister of the Crown as at high risk of forced organ harvesting.
(2)
The contracting authority must treat the supplier as an excluded supplier in relation to the award of a public contract involving—
(a)
any device or equipment intended for use in organ transplant medicine or activities relating to human tissue, or
(b)
any service or goods relating to organ transplant medicine or activities involving human tissue.
(3)
A Minister of the Crown must by regulations made by statutory instrument make provision for the listing of countries considered to be at high risk of forced organ harvesting.
(4)
A country is at high risk where—
(a)
the country has high levels, or is suspected of having high levels, of forced organ harvesting or trafficking in persons for purposes of the removal of organs; or
(b)
the government of the country is directly or indirectly seen as supporting or indirectly supporting forced organ harvesting or trafficking in persons for purposes of the removal of organs.”
Member’s explanatory statement
The amendment is designed to exclude suppliers located in a country at high risk of forced organ harvesting from being awarded a public contract involving any device or equipment intended for use in organ transplant medicine or activities relating to human tissue or any service or goods relating to organ transplant medicine or activities involving human tissue.