§ Lord Braine of Wheatleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is their attitude to the recent report published by the All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group report on Foetal Sentience; and
Whether they accept the conclusions of the report of foetal sentience, published by the All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group that the anatomical structures subserving the appreciation of pain "are present and functional before the tenth week of intra-uterine life" and if not, whether they will state what brought them to that conclusion.
§ Baroness CumberlegeThe Department of Health is considering the written evidence distributed at the recent All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group presentation on foetal sentience.