HC Deb 26 June 1989 vol 155 cc331-3W
Rev. Martin Smyth

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what representation will attend the first symposium on bio-ethics in December from the United Kingdom.

Mr. Mellor

I have been asked to reply.

The United Kingdom will be invited to the Council of Europe's first symposium on bio-ethics to be held on 5–7 assisted areas, urban programme areas and non-assisted areas but 55.5 per cent. of applications approved for consultancy have been from assisted and urban programme areas. A breakdown of numbers and cost of consultancy projects for each DTI region and for Scotland and Wales is as follows:

December 1989. No decision has yet been taken on who will attend on behalf of the United Kingdom. Participation is by invitation only.

The Rev. Martin Smyth

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list in theOfficial Report all the members of the Council of Europe's ad-hoc committee of experts on bio-ethical issues together with the method by which they were appointed and the research disciplines from which they came.

Mr. David Mellor

I have been asked to reply.

The members of the Council of Europe's ad-hoc committee of experts on bioethics (CAHBI) are currently:

  • Austria: Dr. Renate Kausek
  • Belgium: M. Armand Andre (Vice Chairman); Mme. Isabella Hamer
  • Cyprus: Mrs. Frosso Parrisiadou; M. Jorgen Falck Larsen; Mme. Linda Taudaz
  • Denmark: Mr. Ulrich Horst Petersen
  • France: M. Christian Byk; Mme. Colette Moyse
  • Federal Republic of Germany: Mrs. Helga Seibert
  • Greece: Mrs. Panagiota Dalla-Vorgia
  • Ireland: Dr. Niall Tierney
  • Italy: M. Umberto Bigozzi; M. Salvatore Puglisi
  • Luxembourg: M. Arsene Betz
  • Malta: Rev. Prof. Charles G. Vella
  • Netherlands: Mrs. Johanna H. W. Kits Nieuwenkamp
  • Norway: Mr. Kare Berg; Mrs. Trine Fernsjo; Mrs. Julie Skjaraasen; Mrs. Grete Gjertsen
  • Portugal: M. Luis Mendes Graca
  • Spain: Dr. Octavi Quintana-Trigs
  • Sweden: Ms. Ann-Christin Filipsson
  • Switzerland: M. Pierre A. Widmer; M. Hansjakob Mueller; M. Franz Furger
  • Turkey: M. Turgay Yucel
  • United Kingdom: Dr. Jeremy S. Metters (Chairman); Mr. Edwin Robert Moutrie.

Members are appointed by nomination of the member states of the Council of Europe. The research disciplines of the members are not known to Her Majesty's Government. Detailed inquiries of this nature might more properly be addressed to the Council of Europe via the Parliamentary Assembly.