Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Alton of Liverpool (Liberal Democrat), on Wednesday, 26 February 1997, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 24 members in total.

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EUGENICS, GENETICS AND CLONING

That this House records the remarks of the Nobel Prize Winner, Professor Joseph Rotblat, that developments in cloning and genetics 'may result in mass destruction'; welcomes the decision of the White House urgently to reassess the ethical and legal implications of the cloning of a sheep at the Roslin Institute, Edinburgh; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to suspend further experiments involving cloning and transgenic animals, to initiate a wide-ranging public debate and to appoint additional representatives to the Genetics Commission who reflect traditional concerns about the sanctity of human life, who are opposed to the development of eugenics, and who disagree with the Nuffield Council's view that 'species boundaries, in any case, are not inviolable'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

584 

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Genetic engineering Human Genetics Advisory Commission

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk