I support everything that my hon. Friend has said. Like him, I represent a constituency with a very high proportion of people from BAME communities. There are not just fewer people consenting to donate their organs, but considerably higher rates of heart disease among these communities. Therefore, particularly for heart transplants, it is very important that we get as many people from BAME communities on to the list in future.
Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Kelvin Hopkins
(Independent (affiliation))
in the House of Commons on Friday, 23 February 2018.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Bill.
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