§ Mr. Tim Smith (Beaconsfield)I wish to present a petition on behalf of Mr. G. J. Welsh of Hawthorns, Hammersley Lane, Tylers Green, Buckinghamshire, and another on behalf of Mrs. T. Coppin of 55 Robinson Road, Loudwater, High Wycombe. The second petition is signed by 67 other constituents—[Interruption]
§ Madam Deputy Speaker (Miss Betty Boothroyd)Order. Will hon. Members leaving the Chamber do so quietly so that we can hear the petition?
§ Mr. SmithThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. 644
The second petition is signed by 67 of my constituents who are all concerned that the human embryo should be protected. The petitions states:Wherefore your Petitioners pray that the House of Commons will take immediate steps to enact legislation which forbids any procedure that involves:—
- (a) the purchase or sale of human embryos;
- (b) the discarding or freezing of human embryos;
- (c) the use of human embryos as sources of transplant tissue;
- (d) the use of human embryos as subjects for research or experiment (unless this is done solely for the benefit of the embryo concerned);
- (e) the cross-fertilisation of humans with other species.
And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray etc.
§ To lie upon the Table.