§ Mrs. Ann WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Hexham (Mr. Amos) of 7 June,Official Report, column 557, he will publish in the Official Report further details of the background of the individuals whom he has appointed to the committee of inquiry into the use of foetal tissue in transplants, indicating and summarising in each case the published work which was taken into account when assessing suitability for appointment;
(2) pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Hexham (Mr. Amos) of 7 June, Official Report, column 557, which organisations or individuals were consulted by his Department about the selection of individuals for appointment to the committee of inquiry into the use of human foetal tissue in transplants.
§ Mr. Newton[holding answer 21 June 1988]: The members of this committee were chosen because they have expertise relevant to the issues involved. They were not appointed to represent any particular organisaton or body of opinion. No consultations about membership were therefore necessary.
The committee's chairman, the Reverend Dr. John Polkinghorne FRS is Dean of Trinity Hall Cambridge and an Anglican clergyman. He was formerly Professor of Mathematical Physics at Cambridge university and has published in that field.
Sir Raymond Hoffenberg is president of the Royal College of Physicians and has written about endocrinology and metabolism in medicine and biochemistry.
Professor Ian Kennedy is Professor of Medical Law and Ethics at Kings college London. He has written about medical ethics.
Dr. Sally McIntyre is director of the Medical Research Council's medical sociology unit at Glasgow university and previously worked in that unit when it was in Aberdeen university. She has published on a range of sociological questions particularly maternity and reproductive services.