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Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [HL]

I entirely agree with the point that the noble Lord, Lord Patten, has just made. People who come to these committees do not have to be passionate on one side of the argument, and I therefore disagree with the proposition of my noble and right reverend friend. My noble friend Lady Deech said that the HFEA came out against sex selection. Indeed, the Bill prohibits it. I welcome that, but I think that she would also concur with what I said about the HFEA’s public consultation about interspecies embryo experimentation. One in eight of the 800 responses to the consultation document was opposed, but that did not influence the HFEA’s position. Turning finally to Amendment No. 62—