UK BIA hails breakthrough on embryo R&D regs
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The UK's Human Embryology and Fertilisation Bill has been passed by both houses of parliament and now awaits only royal assent to become the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008. It has not been a speedy process thus far: on October 29, it took the House of Lords almost five hours – and 39,800 words of debate – before a vote could be held on the amendments to the text of the Bill, as approved the week before by the House of Commons at its third stage.