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Written question asked by Ian Gibson (Labour) on Wednesday, 23 October 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 7 November 2002. It was answered by Hazel Blears (Labour) on Thursday, 7 November 2002 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Dept of Health

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has received for stem cell research; and how many have been awarded.
Answer

Dr. Gibson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many applications the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has received for stem cell research; and how many have been awarded. [77490] Ms Blears: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has received nine applications for embryo research aimed at the production of embryonic stem cell lines, five of which have been granted and four are currently under consideration.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
77490; 392 c533W;392 c545W
Session
2001-02
Subjects
Applications Licensing Human embryo experiments Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Research Stem cells
Link
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