§ Mrs. Ann WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has any plans to review the legislative control of non-National Health Service medical research practices.
§ Mrs. Virginia Bottomley[holding answer 9 November 1989]: The Government have no general proposals for legislation in this area. However, proposals for dealing with embryo research are set out in the White Paper "Human Fertilisation and Embryology: A Framework for Legislation". We intend to bring forward legislation on this as soon as possible.