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Stem Cell Research

EDM number 1094 in 1999-00, proposed by Evan Harris on 26/10/2000.

That this House notes the findings of the report of the Chief Medical Officer, Donaldson Report, into the ethics and practice of embryonic stem cell research, so-called therapeutic cloning; supports its recommendation that the provisions of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 be extended to allow the use of embryonic cells up to 14 days old for research into treatments for degenerative diseases, cancer, spinal injury and mitochondrial diseases in addition to the existing proposals already allowed; further supports its recommendation of a new law banning human reproductive cloning which is already not permitted by the 1990 Act; welcomes the Department of Health's support for these recommendations; notes that Parliament will soon be given a change to decide on the statutory instrument on a free vote; further welcomes the support of the Parkinson's Disease Society, the Medical Research Council, the Association of Medical Research Charities, the British Heart Foundation, the Genetic Interest Group, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and the British Medical Association for these proposals; and calls on honourable Members to support the forthcoming regulation to extend the provision of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990.

This motion has been signed by a total of 18 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Evan Harris26/10/2000Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratProposed
Michael Fabricant26/10/2000LichfieldConservativeSigned
Ian Gibson26/10/2000Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Peter Brand31/10/2000Isle of WightLiberal DemocratSigned
Gwyneth Dunwoody31/10/2000Crewe & NantwichLabourSigned
Ian Taylor31/10/2000Esher & WaltonConservativeSigned
Michael Clapham01/11/2000Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Terry Davis01/11/2000Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Norman Godman02/11/2000Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Eric Illsley02/11/2000Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Bill Michie07/11/2000Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
John Gunnell08/11/2000Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
Mike Gapes14/11/2000Ilford SouthLabour Co-operativeSigned
Phyllis Starkey16/11/2000Milton Keynes South WestLabourSigned
Bill Etherington17/11/2000Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
David Rendel22/11/2000NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned
Barbara Follett22/11/2000StevenageLabourSigned
Anne Begg27/11/2000Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned

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