Proceeding contribution from Earl Howe (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Monday, 3 December 2007. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [HL].
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [HL]
The noble Lord, Lord Patel, speaks as though my amendment would ban all sorts of scientific experimentation. It would do no such thing. My amendments are not designed to ban useful research and they would not do so. They are designed, as I mentioned, to focus the mind of the Government on the need to arrive at satisfactory legal definitions. While I am on my feet, let me say that I am not sure that our discussion should be subverted by the mention of bananas. It is fair to say that the banana is not a sentient animal, which is the issue at stake here.
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- 696 c1560
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- 2007-08
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- House of Lords chamber
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- Fertility Human embryo experiments Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Ethics Parents Medicine Research Stem cells Human-animal hybrid embryos
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- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill (HL) 2007-08
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