HC Deb 25 February 2002 vol 380 c969W
Dr. Gibson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to appeal against the judgment in the case of Rv. Quintavalle and the Secretary of State for Health. [16267]

Yvette Cooper

We did appeal and on 18 January 2002, the Court of Appeal unanimously overturned the original judgment. This means that the creation and use of embryos created by cell nuclear replacement (so called "cloned embryos") is governed by the 1990 Act and regulated by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.

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