§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make available in the Library copies of any representations he has recently received concerning the formation of a non-statutory body to monitor experimentation upon human embryos.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeYes, on the same terms as indicated in the reply I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Congleton (Mrs. Winterton) on 21 January at column344.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he has any intention of endorsing the setting up of a non-statutory body to monitor experimentation upon human embryos.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeWe are following with interest the proposals being made for such a body but the Government have not been involved in them. We are still considering the public and parliamentary reactions to the Warnock inquiry.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he has had any discussions with the Medical Research Council concerning the formation of a non-statutory monitoring body for experimentation upon human embryos until such time as legislation is enacted by Parliament on this subject.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe Medical Research Council has informed me of its proposals for voluntary arrangements to monitor research using human embryos.