Parliamentary briefings
Key areas covered in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) Bill that are supported by the Trust are as follows:
- 'human admixed embryos' previously known as 'interspecies embryos’
- extension of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) powers and clarification of the licensing and appeal process
- removal of the prohibition on altering the genetic structure of embryos for research
- extension of storage limits
- extension of research purposes for which licences can be granted
- facilitation of the use of data on treatment held by the HFEA for medical research.
The Trust also supports further amendments to the HFE Bill in the following areas:
- consent to use existing collections of cell lines to create embryos to generate embryonic stem cells
- consent to use children's tissue to create embryos for research.
Links to parliamentary briefings
- Brief on the House of Lords’ Consideration of Commons Amendments [PDF 40KB] (October 2008)
- Brief on the House of Commons Report Stage [PDF 52KB] (October 2008)
- Briefing for House of Commons Committee Stage [PDF 52KB] (June 2008)
- Amendments relating to Clause 4 ‘human admixed embryos’ [PDF 60KB] (May 2008)
- Briefing for MPs [PDF 148KB] (April 2008)
- House of Lords - third reading [PDF 28KB] (February 2008)
- House of Lords Report [PDF 144KB] (January 2008)
- Briefing for House of Lords Committee Stage [PDF 132KB] (December 2007)
- House of Lords - second reading [PDF 110KB] (November 2007)