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Debate on bill on Tuesday, 15 January 2008, in the House of Lords.

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [HL]

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill (HL). Lords report stage first day. Part 2 of 2 records.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
697 c1266-86 
Session
2007-08
Department
Department of Health
Legislative stage
Report stage
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Walton of Detchant | 697 c1267 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a most welcome amendment, which I heartily support.
Lord Patel | 697 c1267 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support this amendment absolutely. In Committee I said that I was surprised that this am...
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Lord Harries of Pentregarth | 697 c1267 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it does not sound as if this amendment needs much support, but I would like to add my litt...
Lord Geddes | 697 c1267 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before calling Amendment No. 29, I must advise the House that if it is agreed to, I will n...
Baroness O'Cathain | 697 c1267-70 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 29: 29: Schedule 2, page 55, leave out lines 27 to 34 The noble Baroness said...
Lord Alton of Liverpool | 697 c1270-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I strongly support the amendment, which was moved so ably by the noble Baroness, Lady O’Ca...
Lord Patten | 697 c1273 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I strongly support my noble friend. I shall not reiterate her arguments, but I want to rai...
Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 697 c1274 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is the difficulty of the noble Baroness, Lady Williams, that the embryo has been selected ...
Baroness Williams of Crosby | 697 c1273-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will add one short thought. I very much agree with the noble Baroness, Lady O’Cathain, a...
Baroness Williams of Crosby | 697 c1274-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Hollis, always asks acute questions. The objection is the deliber...
Baroness Tonge | 697 c1267 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Government for tabling these amendments on Report. We tabled an amendment in C...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 697 c1266-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 27: 27: Schedule 2, page 54, line 28, leave out ““the testing of embryos”” and...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 697 c1286 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that consideration on Report be now adjourned. Moved accordingly, and, on Q...
Baroness O'Cathain | 697 c1284-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been an interesting debate and I should like to thank every single person who has...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 697 c1284 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, where children are involved in organ transplants in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, t...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 697 c1282-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been an important discussion which has raised many difficult and serious ethical ...
Lord Alton of Liverpool | 697 c1282 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the noble Lord sits down, will he also confirm—I think we will agree about this—tha...
Lord Walton of Detchant | 697 c1282 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I had not intended to speak on this issue except to say, very briefly, that the government...
Earl Ferrers | 697 c1282 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that may be so, but as I understand it, the Bill allows this to be done for the specific p...
Baroness Tonge | 697 c1281 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is not always the case that the child is brought into the world just as a saviour sibli...
Baroness Knight of Collingtree | 697 c1281 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am normally a fairly optimistic person. I like to look on the bright side and believe th...
Earl Ferrers | 697 c1281 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have not dared to intervene so far because it seems to me that you need a double first i...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 697 c1278-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I follow the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries of Pentregarth, exactly on his la...
Lord Harries of Pentregarth | 697 c1277-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there have been some extremely powerful speeches on this amendment. I have been moved and ...
Baroness Tonge | 697 c1280-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall try to redress the balance in what I see as a very one-sided view of womankind, es...
Baroness Williams of Crosby | 697 c1275 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the noble Baroness indicated, the principle of the child being produced for this purpos...
Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 697 c1275 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will press the noble Baroness a little further. Leaving aside again the issue of consent...
Baroness Deech | 697 c1275-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I presided over the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority when permission was first...
Lord Winston | 697 c1279-80 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I suppose I never thought 22 years ago when I had a conversation with Alan Handyside on a ...
Baroness Williams of Crosby | 697 c1284 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister referred to the existing institutions which would need to give their permissi...
Bishop of Winchester | 697 c1276-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that was, characteristically, an enormously valuable contribution from the noble Baroness....
Subjects
Congenital abnormalities Fertility Licensing Human embryo experiments Diseases Donors Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Ethics IVF Organs Relatives Research Testing Stem cells Human Tissue Authority Human-animal hybrid embryos
Legislation
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill (HL) 2007-08
Link
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