I move amendment No. 63: In page 94, line 36, after “parents” to insert “or one of them”.

I move amendment No. 65: In page 96, to delete lines 6 to 9 and substitute the following: “(b) The court may waive a requirement under subsection (1) for consent from an intending parent, in the case of two intending parents, if he or she— (i) is deceased, (ii) cannot be located after reasonable efforts have been made to find him or her, or (iii) lacks the capacity to make a decision in that regard. (c) The court may waive a requirement under subsection (1) for consent from the surrogate mother if she— (i) is decea…

I move amendment No. 67: In page 107, line 17, after “or” to insert “a”.

I move amendment No. 68: In page 107, line 27, after “or” to insert “a”.

I move amendment No. 69: In page 107, lines 34 and 35, to delete “subject to the provisions of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015,”.

I move amendment No. 70: In page 120, line 2, to delete “of” and substitute “for”.

I move amendment No. 71: In page 123, lines 10 and 11, to delete “the generality of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 or”.

I thank Deputy Shortall for the proposed amendment. I do not have a policy view on this at all. We want to do what is legally robust. We want to be cognisant that these proceedings can come at great expense to parents and at great inconvenience to parents who have already been through so much to have a surrogacy in the first place. We have looked at this up and down. We have gone back to the Attorney General. We have asked and probed. The very clear and consistent advice we have received from the Office of the Atto…

I have dealt with the issue of cost several times. That has been my position for quite some time. I am not a constitutional lawyer, and nor is Deputy Shortall. We are both getting legal advice from lawyers. I take my advice from the Attorney General, and I must do that. I fully respect Deputy Shortall's position and no doubt she is getting expert legal advice on this. I have to take my advice from the Attorney General. The Office of the Attorney General has been unambiguously clear about this. We can have no risk o…

I move amendment No. 73: In page 158, line 21, after “parents” to insert “or one of them”.

I move amendment No. 74: In page 160, lines 9 and 10, to delete “subject to the provisions of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015, ”.

I move amendment No. 75: In page 160, to delete lines 13 to 21 and substitute the following: “(2) (a) The Court may waive a requirement under subsection (1) for consent from an intending parent, in the case of two intending parents, if he or she— (i) is deceased, (ii) cannot be located after reasonable efforts have been made to find him or her, or (iii) lacks the capacity to make a decision in that regard. (b) The Court may waive a requirement under subsection (1) for consent from the surrogate mother if she— (i) i…

I move amendment No. 78: In page 166, line 22, after “parents” to insert “or one of them”.

I move amendment No. 79: In page 168, lines 9 and 10, to delete “subject to the provisions of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015, ”.

I move amendment No. 81: In page 168, to delete lines 17 to 25 and substitute the following: “(b) The Court may waive a requirement under subsection (1) for consent from an intending parent, in the case of two intending parents, if he or she— (i) is deceased, (ii) cannot be located after reasonable efforts have been made to find him or her, or (iii) lacks the capacity to make a decision in that regard. (c) The Court may waive a requirement under subsection (1) for consent from the surrogate mother if she— (i) is de…

I move amendment No. 83: In page 177, line 27, to delete the semicolon after “(eeeeee)” and substitute a colon.

I move amendment No. 85: In page 181, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: “(a) in section 19(3), by the deletion of paragraphs (b) and (c) and the substitution of the following: “(b) medical expenses, (c) any legal or counselling costs, and (d) any net loss of income,”,”.

I thank Deputy Shortall for the proposed amendment, which is the same as one she tabled on Committee Stage. We have had a good debate on this. The purpose of the amendment, as I understand it, is to switch the cut-off point before which less onerous retrospective provisions apply to certain donor-assisted human reproduction procedures from May 2020 to a later date into the future. In doing so, the amendment would allow for a declaration of parentage arising from donor-assisted human reproduction procedures which to…

I move amendment No. 87: In page 182, to delete line 33.

I move amendment No. 88: In page 187, to delete lines 20 and 21.