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Mr. Sackville: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1992 sets down basic requirements for the balance between lay and scientific membership of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. Care is
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taken in making appointments to ensure that the authority has access among the membership, to the relevant expertise, skills and personal qualities necessary to carry out its functions. No individual is excluded from membership of the authority because of his or her personal convictions. However, it is important before appointing members to ascertain whether they have any specific views which may make it difficult for them to participate in the full range of the authority's activities. These include granting licences for embryo research.Mrs. Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he intends to make during the course of the quinquennial review of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority of the conflict between the need responsibly to control experiments on human embryos in accordance with strict criteria and the need to generate income through fees charged upon the granting of licences authorising such experimentation. [39282]
Mr. Sackville: It was a decision of Parliament during the passage of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1992 that part of the running costs of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority should be met from fees. I am not aware of any evidence of a conflict of interests resulting from these arrangements. I will consider the matter again should the findings of the quinquennial review call for such action.
Mrs. Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what information he has concerning the number of human embryos which have been killed in each year since the establishment of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and in accordance with licences issued by that authority; what fees were raised by such licences in each of those years; and what is the resultant cash revenue per human embryo death so far realised by the
authority; [39283]
(2) if he will list by period of membership those individuals who have served on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority; if he will indicate in the case of each member the total number of (a) licences and (b) human embryo deaths which were authorised by the authority during that individual's terms of service; if he will indicate in each case the revenue raised by such licences in that period; and if he will calculate the cash revenue per human embryo death realised during the period of the term of office of each of those individuals. [39284]
Mr. Sackville: Details of the membership of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority are set out in the authority's annual reports, the fourth of which was published on 11 October 1995. Copies of all annual reports are available in the Library. Information about the number of embryos is not available in the form requested. Information about the number of embryos donated for research, the number of research licences issued and income generated by them is shown in the table. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act requires the written consent of the man and woman who donated the gametes before any research is undertaken.
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|Income
|Embryo |from
|donated |research
|Research|for |licences
|licences|research|£
---------------------------------------------------------
August 1991-December
1991 |1 |2,497 |100
1992 |32 |7,038 |3,200
1993 |30 |9,518 |3,000
1994 |34 |8,452 |3,400
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
European Union Regional Funds
Mr. Ainger: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list those parliamentary constituencies covered (a) wholly or (b) partly by objective 5b European Union regional funds in England. [37689]
Mr. Oppenheim [holding answer 19 October 1995]: The information is as follows:
English Parliamentary Constituencies covered by Objective 5(B) Partly covered
Berwick upon Tweed
Bishop Auckland
Bridlington and Driffield
Bridgewater
Central Suffolk
Devon North
Devon West and Torridge
East Lindsay
East Yorkshire
Gainsborough and Horncastle
Harrogate
Hereford
Hexham
High Peak
Holland and Boston
Lancaster
Leominster
Ludlow
Middlesborough
Morecambe and Lunesdale
Northallerton
Norfolk North West
North East Cambridgeshire
Pendle
Penrith and the Borders
Ribble Valley
Ripon
Scarborough and Filey
Shrewsbury and Atcham
Shropshire North
Skipton and Ripon
South East Cambridgeshire
South West Norfolk
Staffordshire Moorlands
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Stamford and SpaldingSuffolk Coastal
Thirsk
Tiverton
Torbay
Waveney
West Derbyshire
Whitby
Worcestershire South
Workington
Wholly covered
Cornwall North
Cornwall South East
Falmouth and Cambourne
Malton
Pickering and Helmsley
Richmondshire
Settle
St. Ives
Truro and St. Austell
Mr. Ainger: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list those district and county councils that are covered (a) wholly and (b) partly by objective 5b of European Union regional funds in England. [37687]
Mr. Oppenheim [holding answer 19 October 1995]: The information is as follows:
English district and county councils covered by Objective 5(B) Partly covered
Cambridgeshire County Council
Cumbria County Council
Derbyshire County Council
Durham County Council
Humberside County Council
Lancashire County Council
Lincolnshire County Council
Norfolk County Council
Northumberland County Council
North Yorkshire County Council
Staffordshire County Council
Suffolk County Council
Allerdale District Council
Alnwick District Council
Berwick District Council
Breckland District Council
Bridgnorth District Council
Carlisle District Council
Castle Morpeth District Council
Derbyshire Dales District Council
East Cambridgeshire District Council
East Lindsay District Council
East Yorkshire District Council
Eden District Council
Fenland District Council
Hambleton District Council
Harrogate District Council
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Kings' Lynn and West Norfolk District CouncilLancaster District Council
Leominster District Council
Malvern Hills District Council
Mid Devon District Council
Mid Suffolk District Council
North Devon District Council
North Norfolk District Council
North Shropshire District Council
Oswestry District Council
Pendle District Council
Ribble Valley District Council
Ryedale District Council
Scarborough District Council
Shrewsbury and Atcham District Council
South Hams District Council
South Hereford District Council
South Holland District Council
South Lakeland District Council
South Shropshire District Council
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
Suffolk District Council
Teesdale District Council
Torbay District Council
Torridge District Council
Tynedale District Council
Waveney District Council
West Devon District Council
West Lindsay District Council
West Somerset District Council
Wyre District Council
Boston Borough Council
High Peak Borough Council
East Staffordshire Borough Council
Wholly covered
Caradon District Council
Carrick District Council
Craven District Council
Isles of Scilly District Council
Kerrier District Council
North Cornwall District Council
Restormel District Council
Richmondshire District Council
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