Professor Robert Winston And Three-Parent Embryos

EDM number 122 in 2014-15, proposed by Fiona Bruce on 17/06/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Medical ethics, Research and innovation, Science and Genetics.

That this House notes the comments of Professor Robert Winston reported in the Independent on Sunday on 15 June 2014 on the premature introduction of mitochondrial replacement techniques; urges the Government to heed his warning that a great deal more research in as many animal models as possible ought to be undertaken prior to such techniques being approved; further notes his view that full and far-reaching assessments must be conducted as to the potential risks to children born as a result of the procedures; and calls on the Department of Health to delay bringing the relevant regulations before Parliament until the international scientific community and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority have declared the techniques safe.

This motion has been signed by a total of 34 MPs.