Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 3 October (WA 105), whether the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority would always notify patients of the possibility that their eggs or embryos had been used in research without their consent if there was good reason to believe that this might have been the case; and, if not, how might patients discover this for themselves.
Answer
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that were it to be made aware of human embryos being used for research purposes without the gamete providers' consent, it would take steps to ensure that the gamete providers were informed of this.