OPT-OUT ORGAN DONATION

Early day motion 174, tabled 8 June 2010 by Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour). Signed by 57 members.

That this House recognises that more than 10,000 people in the UK are awaiting an organ transplant; notes that there is a shortage of organ donors and that an opt-out system could potentially have provided over 2,800 extra donors in the last 10 years; further recognises that the Welsh Assembly Government and the Kidney Wales Foundation are in favour of a policy of opt-out organ donation in Wales; and believes that this system would save even more lives if extended to the rest of the UK.

Signatures by party: Labour 36, Liberal Democrat 10, Conservative 4, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Plaid Cymru 2, Green 1, Independent 1.