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registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2020-02-10more like thismore than 2020-02-10
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Foetuses: Pain more like this
house id 2 remove filter
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the article by Dr Stuart W G Derbyshire and John C Bockmann Reconsidering fetal pain, published in the British Medical Journal’s Journal of Medical Ethics in January; and what steps they are taking as a result of any such assessment. more like this
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Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown more like this
uin HL1491 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-02-24more like thismore than 2020-02-24
answer text <p>The Department does not set clinical practice. To support clinical practice, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has considered the issue of fetal pain and awareness in its guideline on <em>Fetal Awareness: Review of Research and Recommendations for Practice</em>.</p><p>The Department has brought the article by Dr Stuart W G Derbyshire and John C Bockmann to the attention of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. It is for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to consider whether to revise the guidelines having considered the available evidence.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Bethell more like this
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less than 2020-02-24T12:03:05.503Zmore like thismore than 2020-02-24T12:03:05.503Z
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label Biography information for Lord Bethell more like this
tabling member
655
label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown more like this