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Policy

We engage with parliamentarians, governments and others to offer independent and informed contributions on bioethical issues, helping to embed ethics in policy making. Below you can browse and download our policy briefings and consultation responses.

Consultation Response

01 Jun 2007

Follow-up response to Draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill

Joint Committee on the Draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill

Tagged: Genetics and behaviour

Consultation Response

01 Jun 2007

Response to call for evidence on the Draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill

Joint Committee on the Draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill

Tagged: Genetics and behaviour

Consultation Response

01 Nov 2005

Response on Review of the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Act

Department of Health

Tagged: Genetics and behaviour, Stem cells

Consultation Response

02 May 2005

Comments on the recommendations of the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee report on Human Reproductive Technologies and the Law

Department of Health

Tagged: Genetic screening, Genetics and behaviour, Stem cells

Consultation Response

01 Jun 2004

Response on Inquiry into Human Reproductive Technologies and the Law

Science and Technology Committee, House of Commons

Tagged: Genetics and behaviour

Consultation Response

01 Apr 2004

Response on Science and innovation: working towards a ten-year investment framework

HM Treasury

Tagged: Genetics and behaviour, GM crops, GM crops developing countries, Mental disorders, Pharmacogenetics

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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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    Literature review on disagreements in the care of critically ill children now available
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    Media coverage of mitochondrial DNA transfer techniques in the UK
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