§ Mr. Thomas McAvoy (Glasgow, Rutherglen)I should like to present a petition to the House from my constituents:
To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled.The humble petition of the parishioners of St. Mark's Church, Fernhill, Rutherglen, sheweth that we affirm that the newly fertilised human embryo is a real, living human being.The petition welcomes the Warnock report's statement that the embryo of the human species should be afforded protection in law, opposes any practices which discriminate against the embryo, and prays that legislation be enacted which forbids human embryos being used 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.I express my strong support for the petition.
§ To lie upon the Table.