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57591

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date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Genetics
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 14 May (WA 511), and in the light of the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 8 April (WA 267) stating that they do not support eugenic practices in the United Kingdom, why they have no definitions of what these practices might be.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL64
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not support eugenic practices. It is not considered helpful to interpret the term ‘eugenic practices' other than by reference to its ordinarily understood meaning. Any attempt at a working definition would risk the unintentional exclusion of practices whose unacceptability is no less great than that of practices captured by such a definition.</p><p> </p><p>As previously stated, in the United Kingdom, the complex nature of devolved responsibilities in this range of policy areas has delayed consideration of full ratification. In the meantime, the UK continues to take an active role in Council of Europe negotiations and development of relevant protocols.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL65 question first answered 19/06/2014 11:59:58 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

57592

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 14 May (WA 511), why they have no set date for the full ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL65
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not support eugenic practices. It is not considered helpful to interpret the term ‘eugenic practices' other than by reference to its ordinarily understood meaning. Any attempt at a working definition would risk the unintentional exclusion of practices whose unacceptability is no less great than that of practices captured by such a definition.</p><p> </p><p>As previously stated, in the United Kingdom, the complex nature of devolved responsibilities in this range of policy areas has delayed consideration of full ratification. In the meantime, the UK continues to take an active role in Council of Europe negotiations and development of relevant protocols.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL64 question first answered 19/06/2014 11:59:57 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

57593

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 14 May (WA 499), what is their assessment of whether issuing guidance by amending the wording of form HSA1 would represent an act of secondary legislation or a change in the Abortion Act 1967.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL66
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>Any changes to the wording of the HSA1 form, if needed, would require changes to secondary legislation. Such changes could not be introduced through guidance, which makes no changes to abortion legislation.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 19/06/2014 11:59:27 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

57594

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the evidence cited in the article "An Increase in the Sex Ratio of Births to India-born Mothers in England and Wales: Evidence for Sex-Selective Abortion" by Sylvie Dubuc and David Coleman published in Population and Development Review, vol 33, No. 2 (June 2007), pp383–400.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL67
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>This article is a useful addition to the evidence base around sex selective abortions.</p><p> </p><p>On 23 May 2014 the Department published updated analysis of birth ratios for England and Wales 2008-2012. The analyses by country of birth and ethnicity did not offer evidence of sex selection taking place within England and Wales. A copy of the report has been placed in the Library. It is also available at:</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/publications/analysis-of-male-to-female-birth-ratios-in-the-uk-2008-to-2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will repeat this analysis on an annual basis following publication of birth data and remain vigilant and receptive to reports of such practice.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/06/2014 17:24:40 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name HL67 - Lib Doc.pdf title Birth Ratios in England and Wales
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten