§ Lord Alton of Liverpoolasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answers by the Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 13 December 2001 (WA 235) and 17 December (WA 23), whether those individuals who donated embryos for research purposes prior to January 2001 have been asked to provide specific consent indicating whether such embryos can be used in a research project to derive stem cells in accordance with the recommendation of the Chief Medical Officer's expert group report Stem Cells22WA conducted in 2001; and, if this information is not yet available, when it is likely to be. [HL22981
§ Lord Hunt of Kings HeathInformation on occupation categories from the 2001 census is not yet available. It is expected to be published by the Office for National Statistics in the first half of 2003.