Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Earl Howe on 30 June (WA 280–1) and 19 July (WA 163–4), how the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority determined that findings reported at a conference align with previously published academic research in the absence of advice from its Scientific and Clinical Advances Advisory Committee.
Answer
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has advised that its Scientific and Clinical Advances Advisory Committee (SCAAC) continually keeps under review emerging research findings that are relevant to the activities that the HFEA regulates. The findings reported at the conference align with the general summary of risks that SCAAC last considered.