REGULATION OF FERTILITY CLINICS

Early day motion 900, tabled 17 March 2003 by Jim Dobbin (Labour/Co-operative). Signed by 23 members.

That this House notes the recent High Court judgement arising out of the IVF mix up whereby the sperm of a black man was used to fertilise eggs of a white woman at Leeds General infirmary; further notes that this is merely the latest in a series of blunders at fertility clinics that are supposedly regulated by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority; expresses concern at the physical, emotional and psychological damage caused to women, their partners and their families by these blunders; believes that many other mistakes and blunders at fertility clinics regulated by the HFEA have gone undetected; and demands an urgent Government investigation into the work of the HFEA and in particular its regulation of fertility clinics.

Signatures by party: Labour 8, Conservative 6, DUP 3, Labour/Co-operative 2, Liberal Democrat 2, Plaid Cymru 1, UUP 1.