Policy briefing papers

The Council provides briefing papers for Parliamentarians and other policy makers to help prepare them for debates relating to bioethics issues.

November 2011

Implementation of the transport elements of the Renewable Energy Directive

October 2011

Key recommendations the Council's report Human bodies: donation for medicine and research

September 2011

Briefing for UN High-level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases

April 2011

Key recommendations in the Council's report Biofuels: ethical issues

October 2010

Key recommendations in the Council's report Medical profiling and online medicine: the ethics of 'personalised healthcare' in a consumer age

March 2010

Crime and Security Bill 2009-10 - Briefing paper 2nd reading House of Lords The ethics of retaining DNA

January 2010

'Dementia Services and Care of the Elderly’ - Opposition day debate briefing paper Dementia: ethical issues

Crime and Security Bill 2009-10 - Briefing Paper 2nd reading House of Commons The ethics of retaining DNA

October 2009

Key recommendations in the Council's report Dementia: ethical issues

June 2009

Policing and Crime Bill 2008-09 - Briefing Paper The ethics of public health: alcohol

Policing and Crime Bill 2008-09 - Briefing Paper The ethics of retaining DNA

November 2007

Key recommendations in the Council's report Public health: ethical issues