Joint Committee on the
Human Tissue and Embryos (Draft) Bill - Minutes of Evidence [Back to Report]

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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Lords and the House of Commons to be printed 24 July 2007.

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

TAKEN BEFORE THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE DRAFT HUMAN TISSUE AND EMBRYOS BILL

TUESDAY 5 JUNE 2007

Members

Mr Phil Willis, (Chairman)	Mr David Burrowes
Deech, B	Ms Katy Clark
Hollis of Heigham, B	Dr Ian Gibson
Jenkin of Roding, L	Robert Key
Neuberger, B	Chris Mole
Selsdon, L	Dr Doug Naysmith
Turnberg, L	Geraldine Smith
Winston, L	Ms Dari Taylor

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CONTENTS

Memorandum by the Medical Research Council and Wellcome Trust (Ev 09)

Memorandum by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics (Ev 05)

Examination of Witnesses

Witnesses: PROFESSOR ROGER BROWNSWORD, Professor of Law, King's College London, PROFESSOR COLIN BLAKEMORE, Chief Executive Officer, Medical Research Council and MR HUGH WHITTALL, Director, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, examined.

Question Number

1 - 19

20 - 39

40 - 59

Supplementary Memorandum by Professor Roger Brownswood (Ev 98)

Supplementary memorandum by the Medical Research Council (Ev 09(a))

Supplementary Memorandum by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics (Ev 5(a))

Annex A

Further supplementary memorandum by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics (Ev 05(b))

Memorandum by the British Medical Association (Ev 07)

Memorandum by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (Ev 08)

Memorandum by the Royal College of Pathologists (Ev 06(i))

Memorandum by the Royal College of Pathologists, Speciality Advisory Committee on Genetics and Clinical Embryology (Ev 06(ii))

Examination of Witnesses

Witnesses: DR VIVIENNE NATHANSON, Director of Professional Activities, British Medical Association, DR TONY CALLAND, Chair, British Medical Association Medical Ethics Committee, PROFESSOR PETER BRAUDE, Head of the Department for Women's Health, King's College London, and Chairman, Scientific Advisory Committee of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and DR SUZANNAH LISHMAN, Assistant Registrar, Royal College of Pathologists, examined.

Question Number

60 - 79

80 - 99

100 - 119

120 - 139

140 - 141

Supplementary memorandum by the British Medical Association, the Royal College of Nurses, the Royal College of Pathologists and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (Ev 102)

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Prepared 8 August 2007