Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]

The hon. and learned Gentleman's argument is predicated on the assumption that a child born in such circumstances would be created for one purpose only, which is clearly not the case. I do not know whether he is aware of what was in his parents' minds when he was conceived; I certainly do not know what was in my parents' minds. I remain grateful for the fact that I was born—[Hon. Members: ““So are we!””]—but I am unlikely to ask my mother, as she enters her 82nd year, what was in her mind at the time.