SELECT COMMITTEE ON HUMAN AND OTHER GENETIC ENGINEERING

Early day motion 237, tabled 23 January 2001 by Bill Cash (Conservative). Signed by 47 members.

That this House is of the opinion that in view of the ethical, social and political implications inherent in the issues of human and other genetic engineering, a Select Committee be appointed to examine the issues involved, that the Committee do consist of 11 honourable Members, that the Committee be nominated by the Committee of Selection, that three be the quorum of the Committee, that the Committee have power to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom and to report from time to time, and that the Committee have power to appoint persons with technical knowledge either to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate matters of complexity within the Committee's order of reference.

Signatures by party: Conservative 17, Labour 16, Liberal Democrat 6, UUP 4, Labour/Co-operative 2, DUP 1, Plaid Cymru 1.