NHS ORGAN DONOR REGISTER

Early day motion 527, tabled 5 December 2001 by Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour). Signed by 123 members.

That this House urges honourable Members this Christmas to sign up to the NHS Organ Donor Register at www.nhs.uk/organdonor, to carry donor cards and make sure their families know their wishes, and to encourage their constituents, famly and friends to do the same; notes that nearly 7,000 people are waiting for an organ transplant while only 15 per cent. of people are on the organ donor register; regrets the fall in the total number of cadaveric organ transplants during 2000; deplores the fact that the UK and the Republic of Ireland have one of the lowest European donor rates at 13.4 per million population; supports the call from the Transplant Partnership for a single, comprehensive piece of legislation covering all aspects of organ donation; and urges the Government to act quickly to review the laws on organ donation to provide a legal framework within which organ donation can prosper and more lives can be saved.

Signatures by party: Labour 82, Liberal Democrat 21, Conservative 8, Labour/Co-operative 4, UUP 3, Scottish National Party 2, DUP 1, Independent 1, Plaid Cymru 1.