The UK’s upper house of Parliament on Wednesday pushed a number of new amendments to legislation in a bid to buttress the UK’s public supply chain against human rights abusers and national security threats.
During the third reading of the Procurement Bill, the House of Lords voted to pass an amendment targeting forced organ harvesting by 191 votes to 169.
A separate amendment, which would accelerate the removal of security cameras such as Hikvision and Dahua, was passed by 178 votes to 158.
The bill will soon go to the House of Commons for further scrutiny.
Forced Organ Harvesting
One adopted amendment, if it becomes law, will give ministers discretionary power to exclude a supplier if a contracting authority determines it or a connected person is found to be involved or have been involved in forced organ harvesting and unethical activities relating to human tissue….