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<id>19457</id>
<session>2000-01</session>
<number>49</number>
<title>Human Cloning</title>
<proposer id="10019">David Atkinson</proposer>
<date>2000-12-06</date>
<text>That this House notes the strong polarisation of views both among the people of the country and among Right honourable and honourable Members on the important issue of human cloning; acknowledges that cloning raises important ethical and scientific questions which require the most careful consideration; welcomes as the commencement of a process of consideration the debate on these issues on Friday 17th November; regrets that a majority of Right honourable and honourable Members did not have sufficient notice to be able to attend this important debate; believes that prudence and wisdom require much more detailed consideration before decisions are taken; and invites Her Majesty's Government to pause for further reflection, to withdraw the Statutory Instrument they have laid to implement the proposals of the Donaldson Report, and to wait before acting until such time as this House and the people of this country have had a full opportunity to judge the long-term implications of human cloning.</text>
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		<mp id="10019">David Atkinson</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Bournemouth East</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10240">James Gray</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Wiltshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10243">Dominic Grieve</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Beaconsfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10009">David Amess</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Southend West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10258">Mike Hancock</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth South</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10057">Peter Bottomley</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worthing West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10578">Andrew Stunell</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hazel Grove</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10591">Teddy Taylor</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rochford &amp; Southend East</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10599">Jenny Tonge</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Richmond Park</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10603">Michael Trend</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Windsor</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
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		<mp id="10612">Paul Tyler</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Cornwall</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10671">Bill Tynan</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hamilton South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10626">Steve Webb</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Northavon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10627">Bowen Wells</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hertford &amp; Stortford</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
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		<mp id="10636">John Wilkinson</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ruislip - Northwood</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
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		<mp id="10646">Ann Winterton</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Congleton</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10227">Christopher Gill</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ludlow</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10190">Nigel Evans</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ribble Valley</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10170">Jim Dobbin</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Heywood &amp; Middleton</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10514">William Ross</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Londonderry</constituency>
		<party>UUP</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10536">Gillian Shephard</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South West Norfolk</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10553">Martin Smyth</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Belfast South</constituency>
		<party>UUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10289">John Horam</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Orpington</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10293">Gerald Howarth</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Aldershot</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10340">Andy King</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rugby &amp; Kenilworth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10352">Edward Leigh</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gainsborough</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10362">Peter Lilley</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hitchin &amp; Harpenden</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10416">Paul Marsden</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Shrewsbury &amp; Atcham</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10164">Hilton Dawson</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lancaster &amp; Wyre</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10136">Brian Cotter</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Weston-Super-Mare</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10095">William Cash</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stone</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10080">Paul Burstow</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sutton &amp; Cheam</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10073">Ian Bruce</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Dorset</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10065">Julian Brazier</mp>
		<date>2000-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Canterbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10647">Nicholas Winterton</mp>
		<date>2000-12-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Macclesfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10586">David Taylor</mp>
		<date>2000-12-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North West Leicestershire</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10585">Dari Taylor</mp>
		<date>2000-12-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stockton South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10063">Tom Brake</mp>
		<date>2000-12-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Carshalton &amp; Wallington</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10358">Julian Lewis</mp>
		<date>2000-12-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>New Forest East</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10269">David Heath</mp>
		<date>2000-12-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Somerton &amp; Frome</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10088">Menzies Campbell</mp>
		<date>2000-12-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Fife North East</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10337">Piara S Khabra</mp>
		<date>2000-12-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ealing, Southall</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10331">Paul Keetch</mp>
		<date>2000-12-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hereford</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10675">Simon Thomas</mp>
		<date>2000-12-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ceredigion</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10066">Colin Breed</mp>
		<date>2000-12-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South East Cornwall</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10325">Nigel Jones</mp>
		<date>2000-12-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cheltenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10677">Sandra Gidley</mp>
		<date>2000-12-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Romsey</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10145">Lawrence Cunliffe</mp>
		<date>2000-12-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leigh</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
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