§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether(a) the project licence application to perform heart xenotransplantation experiments submitted in 1998 and (b) the project 282W licence application to perform pig-to-primate kidney xenotransplantation submitted in 1999 were personally authorised by Ministers at his Department. [107245]
§ Mr. Bob AinsworthHome Office records show that the grant of the relevant licence authority to perform pig to primate heart transplantation research was authorised at ministerial level. The licence authority to perform pig to primate kidney transplantation research was granted administratively, by Home Office officials, without reference to Ministers.