Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on bringing forward proposals to change England's organ donation system from opt in to opt out.

As announced by my Rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 4 October 2017, the Government will launch a full consultation before the end of this year, on increasing rates of organ donation, including a new “opt out” system of consent for England. The consultation will seek views on:

- How to increase rates of organ donation, particularly from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic communities;

- How the issue of consent should be managed within the National Health Service;

- How technology could help people to discuss their preferences with family; and

- How opt out could work in practice, the safeguards needed and how families could be supported.