§ Mr. Graham Bright (Luton, South)I beg to ask leave to present a petition to the House, signed by 3,044 of my Luton, South constituents, entitled Petition for the Protection of the Human Embryo. They affirm their belief that the newly-fertilised human embryo is a real, living individual human being and they oppose all practices which discriminate against the embryo or violate his or her human dignity or the right to life. The petition continues:
Wherefore your petitioners pray that the House of Commons will take immediate steps to enact legislation which forbids any procedure that involves purchase or sale of human embryos, the discarding of human embryos, their use as sources of transplant tissue or as subjects for research or experiment (unless this is done solely for the benefit of the embryo concerned).And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray etc.
§ To lie upon the Table.