§ Lord Alton of Liverpoolasked Her Majesty's Government:
What action they intend to take to revoke the statutory instruments governing the use of human embryos for experimental cloning and live birth cloning in the light of the High Court ruling of 15 November; and whether they will make the House aware of their intentions. [HL1411]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath)The Bill to make reproductive cloning illegal in the United Kingdom completed its parliamentary passage on Thursday 29 November 2001. The Government are appealing against the court judgment and will consider the implications for cloning for research purposes following the outcome of the appeal and taking account of the report of the House of Lords Select Committee on Stem Cell Research due early in 2002. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations 2001 remain unaffected.