Informing policy
The Council engages with government officials, parliamentarians and others to inform policy and promote debate about bioethics issues. To date this has included holding events for parliamentarians, producing briefing papers for debates on subjects of interest and responding to policy consultations.
The Council has no political agenda and it perceives its independence as critical to help maintain public trust in its work.
Find out more about the Council's position in the UK policy framework.
The Council holds an annual ‘Bioethics in Parliament’ event, usually in November, to debate a bioethics issue high on the political agenda. Previous sponsors of the event have included Evan Harris MP, Brian Iddon MP, Ian Gibson MP, Earl Howe and Lord Harries of Pentregarth. Topics covered in the past include the National DNA Database, the care of people with dementia, the donation of human bodily material for medicine and research, and biofuels.
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The Council provides briefing papers to help prepare parliamentarians and other policy makers for debates relating to bioethics issues.
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The Council regularly responds to the consultations of Government and other organisations. In general the Council only responds to consultations that address issues that it has previously considered in detail in its publications.
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