Human Fertilisation and Embryology

Part of Living Wage (Reporting) – in the House of Commons at 2:01 pm on 3 February 2015.

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Photo of Jane Ellison Jane Ellison The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health 2:01, 3 February 2015

I think that those Members may speak for themselves during the debate. No one would deny that this is ground-breaking science—it is—but there have been three expert panel reviews. What I am trying to demonstrate in my speech is that we have taken all the necessary rigorous steps towards the point at which Parliament can make an informed decision. I think it important to differentiate things that are knowable and on which Parliament can make that informed decision, and things that can only be known when we take the next step, which involves making the regulations. I hope that that is helpful.