Westminster could push through delayed opt-out organ donation laws in Northern Ireland, DUP leader J_Donaldson_MP says, as he meets family waiting on a heart transplant
BBC News NI political correspondent
The quickest way to implement stalled opt-out organ donation laws in Northern Ireland is through Westminster, the DUP leader has said.Dáithí MacGabhann hadDáithí's Law, which was due to take effect this spring, has been held up due to the Stormont stalemate.
The law was approved by Northern Ireland Assembly members last February, but it requires secondary legislation to specify which organs and tissues are covered under the system, which cannot currently be passed at Stormont.and urged him to resolve the issue by taking legislation to Parliament. Mr Heaton-Harris has insisted it would take too long for him to do so, and that it is best dealt with by the assembly when it returns.
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