Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations — 19 Dec 2000

The majority of MPs voted in favour^[1] of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations which said:^[2]

• Research licences may be authorised under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990^[3] for the purposes of
• increasing knowledge about the development of embryos;
• increasing knowledge about serious disease, or
• enabling any such knowledge to be applied in developing treatments for serious disease.

A list of such licenses would be useful to link to from here.

• [1] Yvette Cooper MP, House of Commons, 19 December 2000
• [2] Statutory Instrument 188 (2001), House of Commons, 24 January 2001
• [3] Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, Section 45, OPSI

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