HL Deb 15 October 1996 vol 574 c182WA
Lord Braine of Wheatley

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is their attitude to the recent report published by the All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group report on Foetal Sentience; and

Whether they accept the conclusions of the report of foetal sentience, published by the All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group that the anatomical structures subserving the appreciation of pain "are present and functional before the tenth week of intra-uterine life" and if not, whether they will state what brought them to that conclusion.

Baroness Cumberlege

The Department of Health is considering the written evidence distributed at the recent All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group presentation on foetal sentience.