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Written question asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Baroness Thornton (Labour) on Thursday, 10 December 2009.


Embryology

Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Thornton on 1 December (WA 20), what representations the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority would make to a tissue bank in order to ensure that they use contact information at their disposal so that a researcher could try to contact the person who originally provided cells.
Answer

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that it would be for the researcher to obtain information from the tissue bank in order to try to contact the person who originally provided the cells.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
484; 715 c150WA
Session
2009-10
Related items
Embryology
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Disclosure of information Human embryo experiments Donors Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Research
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk