§ Lord Kennet asked Her Majesty's Government:
§ Whether they plan to revise the Polkinghome "guidelines" on the use of foetal tissue where they:
- (a) set restrictions on the consent a woman may give to the uses that may be made of the tissues of the foetus that is removed from her; and
- (b) require a woman to waive all commercial rights in the uses that may be made of the tissues of the foetus that is removed from her in favour of either the doctor performing the removal or the institution in which it is performed.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Baroness Cumberlege):There are no current plans to do so.