1896 1989-90 172A4 Martin Smyth 1989-12-20 Line 1, leave out from 'pioneering' to end and add: 'genetic disease research at centres investigating treatments and possible cures without the use of human embryos as guinea pigs; notes advances in cystic fibrosis research at the Toronto Children's Hospital and the University of Michigan, discoveries relating to muscular distrophy at Boston Children's Hospital, Downs Syndrome chromosome 21 gene analysis at L'Hopital Des Enfants Malades, Paris; welcomes successful bone marrow transplantation in genetic blood diseases and the significance of such remedies allied to somatic gene therapy relating to storage diseases and inborn errors of metabolism and central nervous system disorders such as Lesch Nyan Syndrome and Tay Sachs Disease; regrets that research at Hammersmith and St Mary's Hospitals, London, does not relate to the prevention, treatment or cure of severe handicap but concentrates on destroying affected embryos; observes that remedies based on such unsound medicine and poor genetic practice require, for optimum efficiency, the destruction of gene carriers, the parents rather than destruction of their offspring since as Motulsky demonstrated in 1971, destruction of embryos and foetuses affected by cystic fibrosis would require 1,250 years simply to have the gene frequency in the population because spontaneous mutation occurs in families with no previous history; records that in twenty years there have been no advances in treatment or cures for genetic diseases resulting from research on human embryos; condemns as cruel and premature unsubstantiated claims of success about embryo biopsy followed by normal live birth; and supports, unequivocally, legislation to ban research upon living human embryos'. Martin Smyth 1989-12-20 Proposed Belfast South David Alton 1989-12-20 Signed Liverpool Mossley Hill David Atkinson 1989-12-20 Signed Bournemouth East Vivian Bendall 1989-12-20 Signed Ilford North Andrew Bowden 1989-12-20 Signed Brighton, Kemptown Ann Winterton 1989-12-20 Signed Congleton Nicholas Winterton 1989-12-20 Signed Macclesfield Ann Widdecombe 1990-01-08 Signed Maidstone John Bowis 1990-01-08 Signed Battersea Ronnie Fearn 1990-01-08 Signed Southport Martin Redmond 1990-01-08 Signed Don Valley James Pawsey 1990-01-08 Signed Rugby & Kenilworth Harry Greenway 1990-01-09 Signed Ealing North Terry Dicks 1990-01-09 Signed Hayes & Harlington Thomas McAvoy 1990-01-09 Signed Glasgow, Rutherglen William Powell 1990-01-09 Signed Corby Elizabeth Peacock 1990-01-09 Signed Batley & Spen Edward Leigh 1990-01-10 Signed Gainsborough and Horncastle Seamus Mallon 1990-01-10 Signed Newry & Armagh Michael Grylls 1990-01-10 Signed Surrey North West Bill Cash 1990-01-12 Signed Stafford Julian Brazier 1990-01-12 Signed Canterbury Andrew Hunter 1990-01-15 Signed Basingstoke Bob Dunn 1990-01-15 Signed Dartford Malcolm Thornton 1990-01-15 Signed Crosby William McCrea 1990-01-17 Signed Mid Ulster Eddie McGrady 1990-01-17 Signed South Down Ken Maginnis 1990-01-17 Signed Fermanagh & South Tyrone Ian Paisley 1990-01-19 Signed North Antrim Marion Roe 1990-01-25 Signed Broxbourne David Amess 1990-01-29 Signed Basildon Fergus Montgomery 1990-01-30 Signed Altrincham and Sale Den Dover 1990-01-30 Signed Chorley John Watts 1990-01-31 Signed Slough Cecil Walker 1990-02-01 Signed Belfast North Graham Bright 1990-02-05 Signed Luton South Dale Campbell-Savours 1990-02-08 Signed Workington John Hume 1990-02-09 Signed Foyle Jerry Hayes 1990-02-14 Signed Harlow Rhodes Boyson 1990-03-13 Signed Brent North Neil Hamilton Withdrawn