Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]

I entirely disagree with that proposition. Regardless of whether the principle of saviour siblings is accepted in the House, there is no suggestion whatever that they would be designer children. Arguments for banning tissue-typing on grounds of psychological harm to the children who are born are difficult to justify, as my right hon. Friend the Member for Knowsley, North and Sefton, East (Mr. Howarth) said in his eloquent speech. In practice, so few families have used the technologies that any children born are so young that it is not possible to draw reliable conclusions about the impact of being a saviour sibling. I absolutely acknowledge that fact, and Members must have that clearly in their minds.