HC Deb 10 April 2000 vol 348 c9W
Mr. Amess

To ask the Secretary of State for Health who is responsible for the appointment of the members of the Chief Medical Officer's Expert Working Group on Therapeutic Cloning. [118015]

Yvette Cooper

Appointments to the Expert Group on Therapeutic Cloning were made by the Chief Medical Officer in consultation with Sir Robert May, the Chief Scientific Adviser, taking into account the guidance paper "Use of Scientific Advice in Policy Making", and after consultation with the Royal Society and Royal Society of Medicine.