§ Mr. RobathanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the membership of the Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing. [36648]
§ Mr. HoramI announced the established of the Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing on 10 January 1996 at column231, when the Reverend Dr. John Polkinghorne was appointed chairman.
The 13 members are:
- Professor Marcus Pembrey, Institute of Child Health, London;
- Professor Peter Harper, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (both specialists in clinical genetics);
- Professor Kay Davies, Keeble College, Oxford (genetic science);
- Dr. Hilary Harris, Manchester (general practice);
- Mrs. Wendy Johnston, nurse and counsellor, Belfast City Hospital (nursing and genetic counselling);
- Mr. Phillip Webb, General Manager, Zeneca Diagnostics (industry);
- Dr. Sally Macintyre, Director, Medical Research Council's Medical Sociology Unit, University of Glasgow;
- Professor John Harris, Professor of Bioethics and Applied Philosophy, University of Manchester;
- Professor Robert Downie, Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of Glasgow;
- Professor John Durant, Assistant Director, Science Museum (public perception of science);
- Mr. Matthew Parris, The Times;
- Mrs. Christine Lavery, Society of Mucopolysaccharide Diseases and founding trustee of the Genetic Interest Group (patient interest organisation); and
- Dr. Sultana Saeed, formerly Lecturer in Law, University of London.