Wales Adopts Opt-out Organ Donation System

The motion

That the Parliament welcomes the approval of the Human Transplantation (Wales) Bill by the National Assembly for Wales on 2 July 2013; notes that Assembly Members voted in favour of the bill by 43 votes to eight, with two abstentions; understands that Wales will adopt a system of opt-out organ donation, meaning that donation will go ahead unless individuals have registered an objection or a family member indicates that an individual objected even though their objection may not have been registered; further understands that, in Scotland, there are currently around 600 patients who are waiting for an organ donation and that in 2012, 34 Scots died while on organ waiting lists; further understands that up to 90% of people support organ donation but, for various reasons, less than half of Scotland's population is registered on the NHS Organ Donation Register; notes that the Organ Donation Taskforce found that 72% of those questioned supported a shift to an opt-out system; hopes that Scotland will now consider following Wales' lead and move to an opt-out system, and encourages all of those who support organ donation in the meantime to sign up to the register.

No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

Lab 10 SNP 10 Ind 2 Green 1 LD 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

No contribution in the Official Report cites S4M-07258 by reference.