§ Miss Fookesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to change the policy whereby a prisoner is not able to donate a kidney except where the recipient is a blood relation.
§ Mr. MayhewI understand that it is not general practice to remove kidneys from living donors unless the recipient is a close relative. It is open to any prisoner to make provision in his will for the disposal of his kidneys after his death, but if he were to die in prison it would be for the coroner to decide if his wishes should be complied with before the inquest.