§ Mr. MorleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy that no xenotransplantation trials involving human recipients should proceed until an advisory committee on xenotransplantation has been set up. [27886]
§ Mr. HoramMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health last year established an advisory group on the ethics of xenotransplantation, with the following terms of reference
In the light of recent and potential developments in xenotransplantation, to review the acceptability of and ethical framework within which xenotransplantation may be undertaken and to make recommendations.The advisory group will report by summer 1996. My right hon. Friend will then consider its recommendations and the policy implications.