§ Mr. Patrick Thompson (Norwich, North)I am very pleased to present formally petitions from the constituents of Norwich, North and from residents of Norwich and Norfolk. They concern the protection of the human embryo. The number of names on the two petitions totals 405. The petitions read:
Wherefore your petitioners pray that the House of Commons will take immediate steps to enact legislation which, (a) forbids any procedure that involves the purchase or sale of human embryos, the discarding or freezing of human embryos, their use as sources of transplant tissue, or as subjects of research or experiments, unless this is done solely for the benefit of the embryo concerned, and (b) forbids all forms of trans-species fertilisation.Your petitioners, as in duty bound, will every pray, &c.
§ To lie upon the Table.