§ Mr. Willie W. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the names of all organisations 158W in Scotland which have responded to the Warnock report on "Human Fertilisation and Embryology"; and how many have supported the recommendations on research and how many have opposed them.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe following organisations in Scotland have submitted comments on the Warnock report:
- Argyll and Clyde Health Board
- Area Medical Committee, Fife Health Board
- Association of Directors of Social Work
- Baptist Union of Scotland
- Borders Health Board
- British Association of Social Workers, Scottish Committee
- British Medical Association, Scottish Council
- Brook Advisory Centre (Scotland)
- Church of Scotland (Board of Social Responsibility)
- Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
- Dumfries and Galloway Health Board
- East Lothian District Local Health Council
- Edinburgh District Local Health Council
- Edinburgh Humanist Group
- Faculty of Advocates
- Family Planning Association, Scottish Region
- Free Church of Scotland
- Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland
- Glasgow Eastern District Local Health Council
- Greater Glasgow Health Board
- Highland Health Board:
- Maternity Services Group Executive Committee, Highland Health Board
- Inverness Branch, Royal College of Nursing and National Council of Nurses of the United Kingdom
- Law Society of Scotland
- Lothian Health Board
- Medical Women's Federation, Scottish Standing Committee
- Midlothian Health Council
- National Association for the Childless, Scottish Committee
- National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Scotland
- Nursing Service, Ayrshire and Arran Health Board
- Presbytery of Ross, Church of Scotland
- Royal College of Midwives, Scottish Board
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
- Scottish Association for Counselling
- Scottish Child and Family Alliance
- Scottish Council for Single Parents
- Scottish Family Planning Medical Society
- Scottish General Medical Services Committee, British Medical Association
- Scottish Health Visitors' Association
- Scottish Joint Consultants' Committee, British Medical Association
- Scottish Law Commission
- Tayside Health Board:
- Area Medical Committee
- Area Nursing Midwifery Consultative Committee
- Area General Practice Sub-Committee
Twenty of the bodies indicated, subject to some provisos, broad support for the committee's recommendations about research; seven were opposed to the recommendations; and the remaining 18 either expressed varying degrees of concern without indicating a firm view on these issues or did not comment.