Written question asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Drayson (Labour) on Wednesday, 4 November 2009.

Embryology

Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answers by Lord Drayson on 5 May (WA 95–96) and by Lord Young of Norwood Green on 22 October (WA 89–90), how the views, values and experiences of other women who provide eggs for research will continue to be studied until April 2011 if the project to which their eggs will be donated is due to terminate towards the end of 2009.

Answer: The Medical Research Council (MRC) has recently agreed a one-year extension to the duration to the University of Newcastle for the research project "Improving the efficiency of human somatic cell nuclear transfer". The project, which was previously due to end on 31 October 2009, is now expected to end on 31 October 2010. The duration of the separate social science study, which aims to learn from women's experiences and to inform future research involving egg donation and payment of IVF treatment costs, was also correspondingly extended. The social science study will end six months later than the research projects to allow data collected as the research project progressed to be analysed.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 714 c59-60WA; 5977
Session: 2008-09
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Subjects: Clones Finance Human embryo experiments Donors IVF Research Medical Research Council
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