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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath's amendment, After Clause 30

Procurement Act 2023

Committee stage

Amendment number: 185

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Withdrawn
The amendment was withdrawn after debate and no decision was taken on it.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.

Sponsors

Lord Alton of Liverpool
Crossbench
Life peer
Baroness Northover
Liberal Democrat
Life peer
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Crossbench
Life peer