Human Fertilisation and Embryology

Part of Living Wage (Reporting) – in the House of Commons at 2:38 pm on 3 February 2015.

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Photo of Richard Drax Richard Drax Conservative, South Dorset 2:38, 3 February 2015

I am listening carefully to the hon. Gentleman. Everyone in this House wants the best for these families—there is no doubt about that—but it is the speed of the introduction of the regulations that concerns us. As for experimentation, I heard today that no trials are being carried out on primates, which are as close to us as can be. This process has proved successful on mice, but on primates—a standard part of this procedure, apparently—it has not been carried out, and that is interesting.