§ Mr. David StewartTo ask the Secretary of State for Health from which(a) organisational bodies and (b) individuals he has recently received representations concerning the possibility of embryo selection through in-vitro fertilisation procedures. [121357]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe Secretary of State has not recently received any representations from organisational bodies, or individuals concerning the possibility of embryo selection through in-vitro 149W fertilisation procedures. Pre-implantation testing of embryos can be undertaken only in the United Kingdom under licence from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.