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PROFESSOR ROBERT WINSTON AND THREE-PARENT EMBRYOS

EDM (Early Day Motion) 122: tabled on 17 June 2014

Tabled in the 2014-15 session.

This motion has been signed by 35 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

Motion text

That this House notes the comments of Professor Robert Winston reported in the Independent on Sunday on 15 June 2014 on the premature introduction of mitochondrial replacement techniques; urges the Government to heed his warning that a great deal more research in as many animal models as possible ought to be undertaken prior to such techniques being approved; further notes his view that full and far-reaching assessments must be conducted as to the potential risks to children born as a result of the procedures; and calls on the Department of Health to delay bringing the relevant regulations before Parliament until the international scientific community and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority have declared the techniques safe.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Aldous, Peter
Conservative
Signed on 25 June 2014
Waveney
Amess, Mr David
Conservative
Signed on 23 June 2014
Southend West
Binley, Mr Brian
Conservative
Signed on 19 June 2014
Northampton South
Blackman, Bob
Conservative
Signed on 23 June 2014
Harrow East
Campbell, Mr Gregory
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 18 June 2014
East Londonderry
Campbell, Mr Ronnie
Labour
Signed on 19 June 2014
Blyth Valley
Cooper, Rosie
Labour
Signed on 3 July 2014
West Lancashire
Crausby, Mr David
Labour
Signed on 23 June 2014
Bolton North East
Dodds, Mr Nigel
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 18 June 2014
Belfast North
Donaldson, Mr Jeffrey M.
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 18 June 2014
Lagan Valley
Durkan, Mark
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on 18 June 2014
Foyle
Field, Mr Frank
Labour
Signed on 26 June 2014
Birkenhead
Flello, Robert
Labour
Signed on 18 June 2014
Stoke-on-Trent South
Glindon, Mrs Mary
Labour
Signed on 19 June 2014
North Tyneside
Leigh, Sir Edward
Conservative
Signed on 10 July 2014
Gainsborough
McCrea, Dr William
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 19 June 2014
South Antrim
McDonnell, Dr Alasdair
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on 25 June 2014
Belfast South
McGovern, Jim
Labour
Signed on 8 July 2014
Dundee West
Ritchie, Ms Margaret
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on 23 June 2014
South Down
Roy, Lindsay
Labour
Signed on 24 June 2014
Glenrothes
Simpson, David
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 17 June 2014
Upper Bann
Spelman, Mrs Caroline
Conservative
Signed on 18 June 2014
Meriden
Streeter, Mr Gary
Conservative
Signed on 26 June 2014
South West Devon
Vickers, Martin
Conservative
Signed on 17 June 2014
Cleethorpes
Whittaker, Craig
Conservative
Signed on 19 June 2014
Calder Valley
Wilson, Sammy
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 24 June 2014
East Antrim