PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
ORGAN DONATION PRESUMED CONSENT (27 June 2017)
Motion Details
That this House congratulates the Scottish Government for announcing new legislation to introduce presumed consent for organ donation in Scotland; notes the model successes of presumed consent in Wales where 39 lives have been saved in the last year, which has inspired the change in Scotland; further notes that the UK still has the lowest rates of organ donation consent in Europe; and calls on the Government to save more lives by introducing presumed consent for organ donation in England.
Sponsored by:
Paul Flynn (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Scottish National Party
11
41%
Labour
9
33%
Independent
2
7%
Plaid Cymru
2
7%
Conservative
1
4%
Democratic Unionist Party
1
4%
The Independent Group for Change
1
4%
Sponsor List (27 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
SNP
Alan Brown
SNP
Martyn Day
SNP
Martin Docherty-Hughes
Lab
Stephen Doughty
Cardiff South and Penarth
Lab
Paul Flynn (Sponsor)
IGC
Mike Gapes
SNP
Neil Gray
SNP
Drew Hendry
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Lab
Dan Jarvis
Barnsley North
PC
Ben Lake
Ceredigion Preseli
SNP
Chris Law
Dundee Central
Lab
Clive Lewis
Norwich South
SNP
David Linden
Ind
Angus Brendan MacNeil
Lab
Rachael Maskell
York Central
SNP
Stewart Malcolm McDonald
SNP
John McNally
PC
Liz Saville Roberts
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
SNP
Chris Stephens
Lab
Jo Stevens
Cardiff East
SNP
Alison Thewliss
Lab
Matt Western
Warwick and Leamington
Lab
Daniel Zeichner
Cambridge
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