HOUSE OF LORDS SELECT COMMITTEE ON STEM CELL RESEARCH AND PROFESSOR CHRIS HIGGINS

Early day motion 664, tabled 15 January 2002 by Ann Widdecombe (Conservative). Signed by 7 members.

That this House notes with anxiety the appointment of Professor Chris Higgins as scientific advisor to the House of Lords Select Committee on Stem Cell Research; notes Professor Higgins's support for embryonic stem cell research as well as so-called 'therapeutic cloning'; notes his positions as Director of the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College School of Medicine, and academic board member, along with Professor Lord Winston, of the Florida-supported Tissue Engineering Centre, Imperial College School of Medicine, bodies which have publicly endorsed embryonic stem cell research as well as so-called 'therapeutic cloning'; and believes that this undermines the credibility of the impartial nature of the inquiry.

Signatures by party: Conservative 2, Labour 2, Labour/Co-operative 2, UUP 1.