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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-11-29more like thismore than 2016-11-29
answering body
Department of Health remove filter
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Pregnancy: Screening more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the decision to approve non-invasive prenatal testing was revealed in an article in the <i>Guardian</i> on 29 October, including a comment from the Health Minister, before that decision was formally published on the government website on 2 November. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Shinkwin more like this
uin HL3677 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-12-13more like thismore than 2016-12-13
answer text <p>The decision to accept the UK National Screening Committee’s (UK NSC) recommendation of the non-invasive prenatal testing was formally communicated as a matter of public record via the Guardian and Press Association, and subsequently reported by several media organisations, this is usual practice.</p><p>Following subsequent conversations with the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, an agreement was made to amend statements made to reflect their preferred wording. The Department did not contact the Guardian to amend this article.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen remove filter
grouped question UIN HL3678 more like this
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answering member
4330
label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen more like this
tabling member
4557
label Biography information for Lord Shinkwin more like this