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The Council engages with parliamentarians and others to inform policy and promote debate about bioethics issues.

Consultation Response

28 Oct 2017

Response to the Health Committee Inquiry on Brexit: medicines, medical devices and substances of human origin

Health Committee

Tagged: biodata, bioinformation, children and clinical research, cosmetic procedures, NIPT

Consultation Response

01 Aug 2014

Response to the Triennial Review of the National DNA Database Ethics Group

Home Office

Tagged: bioinformation

Consultation Response

01 Jul 2013

Response to Consultation on the early deletion of DNA and fingerprint records

Home Office

Tagged: bioinformation

Policy Briefing Paper

01 Mar 2010

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

Tagged: bioinformation

Consultation Response

08 Jan 2010

Response to inquiry on the National DNA Database

House of Commons Home Affairs Committee

Tagged: bioinformation

Consultation Response

08 Jan 2010

Letter on scrutiny of Crime and Security Bill 2009-10

Joint Committee on Human Rights

Tagged: bioinformation

Policy Briefing Paper

01 Jan 2010

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

Tagged: bioinformation

Consultation Response

02 Nov 2009

Response to consultation on the forensic use of DNA and the National DNA Database

Human Genetics Commission

Tagged: bioinformation

Consultation Response

01 Jul 2009

Response to consultation 'Keeping the right people on the DNA Database: science and public protection'

Home Office

Tagged: bioinformation

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The Nuffield Council on Bioethics is an independent body that examines and reports on ethical issues in biology and medicine. It was established by the Trustees of the Nuffield Foundation in 1991, and since 1994 it has been funded jointly by the Foundation, Wellcome and the Medical Research Council.

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