No. 9 of Session 2004-05 15 December 2004
Human Reproductive Technologies and the Law
Evidence session
Wednesday 19 January 2005
Committee Room 8
In its twelfth and last oral evidence session for this inquiry, the Science and Technology Committee will take evidence from:
At 9.30am
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority:
Ms Suzi Leather, Chair
Professor Neva Haites, Member, and Professor of Medical Genetics, University of Aberdeen
Professor Emily Jackson, Member, and Professor of Law, Queen Mary, University of London
At 10.30am
Department of Health:
Miss Melanie Johnson MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health
Ms Liz Woodeson, Divisional Head, Scientific Development and Bioethics Division
Mr Ted Webb, Section Head, Assisted Reproduction: Services, Policy and Regulation
The Committee has published on its website the written evidence it received on or before 25 November.
For further information, please ring Ana Ferreira on 020 7219 2793
Previous press notices and publications are available on our website: www.parliament.uk/s&tcom
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Notes for Editors
Under the terms of Standing Order No. 152 the Committee is empowered to examine the “expenditure, policy and administration of the Office of Science and Technology and its associated public bodies" The Committee was appointed on 12 November 2001.
The Committee’s Inquiry into Human Reproductive Technologies and the Law was announced on 24 October 2003, press notice no. 45, session 2002-03, and issued a call for evidence on 30 March 2004, press notice no. 30, session 2003-04. It has already held 11 evidence sessions; 14, 23,and 30 June, 21 July, 8 and 15 September, 13 and 27 October, 10 and 24 November, and 8 December 2004.
The Committee held an online consultation which ran from 22 January to 15 March 2004 at www.tellparliament.net to inform its Inquiry into Human Reproductive Technologies and the Law. It was managed by the Hansard Society, an independent organisation established to promote effective parliamentary democracy. The Hansard Society’s Edemocracy Programme has pioneered methods of Parliamentary online discussion enabling citizens to feed their views and experiences into parliamentary discussion.
Membership of the Committee
Dr Ian Gibson (Lab, Norwich North) (Chairman)
Mr Tony McWalter (Lab, Hemel Hempstead)
Paul Farrelly (Lab, Newcastle-under-Lyme)
Dr Andrew Murrison (Con, Westbury
Dr Evan Harris (Lib Dem, Oxford West & Abingdon)
Geraldine Smith (Lab, Morecambe and Lunesdale
Kate Hoey (Lab, Vauxhall)
Bob Spink (Con, Castle Point)
Dr Brian Iddon (Lab, Bolton South East)
Dr Desmond Turner (Lab, Brighton Kemptown)
Mr Robert Key (Con, Salisbury)