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Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [HL]

Debate on bills on Tuesday, 15 January 2008, in the House of Lords.
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill (HL). Lords report stage first day. Part 2 of 2 records.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

697 c1266-86 

Session

2007-08

Legislative stage

Report stage

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

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....
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