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Lord Lucas to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the competence of people under the age of 16 to give informed consent to medical procedures which may affect their fecundity; how they decide who is competent to record and assess such consent; whether that person performing those functions is independent of the person proposing the medical procedure; and if not, why not.  HL2345

Question HL2345: tabled on 9 March 2020 and due for answer by 23 March 2020

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Lord Lucas to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the competence of people under the age of 16 to give informed consent to medical procedures which may affect their fecundity; how they decide who is competent to record and assess such consent; whether that person performing those functions is independent of the person proposing the medical procedure; and if not, why not.  HL2345
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Lord Lucas
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