HC Deb 02 February 2001 vol 362 cc327-8W
Mr. Amess

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the companies involved in cloning research with which his Department has held meetings in the last three years. [146860]

Yvette Cooper

One meeting took place at the Department of Health between officials and Geron Bio-med in 2000.

Officials from the Department regularly meet with United Kingdom and international companies and research centres that are working in the field of biological research. Some of these may have an interest in cloning research.

In addition, officials will have attended a number of scientific meetings hosted by external bodies such as the Wellcome Trust and the Roslin Institute to discuss cloning.