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Eugenics, Genetics And Cloning

EDM number 584 in 1996-97, proposed by David Alton on 26/02/1997.

That this House records the remarks of the Nobel Prize Winner, Professor Joseph Rotblat, that developments in cloning and genetics 'may result in mass destruction'; welcomes the decision of the White House urgently to reassess the ethical and legal implications of the cloning of a sheep at the Roslin Institute, Edinburgh; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to suspend further experiments involving cloning and transgenic animals, to initiate a wide-ranging public debate and to appoint additional representatives to the Genetics Commission who reflect traditional concerns about the sanctity of human life, who are opposed to the development of eugenics, and who disagree with the Nuffield Council's view that 'species boundaries, in any case, are not inviolable'.

This motion has been signed by a total of 23 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
David Alton26/02/1997Liverpool Mossley HillProposed
Martin Smyth27/02/1997Belfast SouthSigned
Joseph Hendron27/02/1997Belfast WestSigned
Robert Hughes27/02/1997Harrow WestSigned
Alex Carlile27/02/1997MontgomerySigned
David Atkinson27/02/1997Bournemouth EastSigned
David Trimble27/02/1997Upper BannSigned
Andrew Welsh27/02/1997Angus EastSigned
Nicholas Winterton27/02/1997MacclesfieldSigned
David Nicholson28/02/1997TauntonSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe03/03/1997LeighSigned
John Cummings03/03/1997EasingtonSigned
Liz Lynne04/03/1997RochdaleSigned
John McFall04/03/1997DumbartonSigned
Chris Davies04/03/1997Littleborough and SaddleworthSigned
Andrew Faulds04/03/1997Warley EastSigned
Donald Dixon05/03/1997JarrowSigned
Kevin McNamara06/03/1997Kingston upon Hull NorthSigned
John Battle06/03/1997Leeds WestSigned
Andrew MacKinlay10/03/1997ThurrockSigned
Joe Benton11/03/1997BootleSigned
Andrew Bowden12/03/1997Brighton, KemptownSigned
Michael Clapham13/03/1997Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned

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