Lord Alton of Liverpool

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 24 February 2015 (HL4890 and HL4891), whether Professor Grifo was himself directly involved in performing the experiment described by the abstract in Fertility and Sterility in...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 24 February (HL4890), whether it was Professor Grifo with whom a member of the Expert Panel convened by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) had corresponded...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 24 February (HL4885), whether the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is required to maintain records regarding the size of embryos; if so, what is the mean, median an...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 24 February (HL4885), whether the reference to reconciliation work performed on the data by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) indicates that previously su...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they now have to repeal those provisions of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 which permit the creation of animal-human hybrid embryos.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the provision in the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 that only articles which can reasonably be regarded as promoting the electoral success of parties or candi...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Bangladesh about their obligations under Article 18 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights following the reported murder by unidentified assailants in Dhak...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of reports that Isis has destroyed and burnt ancient books and manuscripts in Mosul.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health, Jane Ellison, on 8 January 2014 (HC Deb, col 267–8W), what sort of abnormalities might be anticipated in offspring conceived vi...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 11 February (HL Deb, col 1243), what consideration both they and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority have given to the patent applications by Scott Webster...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the reported abduction of South Sudanese school children, while sitting their exams in Malakal; and what estimate they have made of the number of children who have been co-opted into militi...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 10 February (HL4441), what sanctions were imposed by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority on each of the clinics that had administered reagents to permitted gametes...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Mr George Freeman, on 14 January (HC220047), to what extent toxic materials that are not licensed by the Medi...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Mr George Freeman, on 14 January (HC220047), what are the necessary steps that would be required for medicina...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Mr George Freeman, on 14 January (HC220047), what are the necessary steps that would be required for laborator...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health, Jane Ellison, on 11 September 2014 (HC Deb, cols 664–5W), what is the minimum number of fresh eggs required for the nuclear DN...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the government of Turkey about proposals to convert many secular schools into Imam Hatip schools and the forced enrolment of pupils into Imam Hatip schools in 2014.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of comments by United Nations Special Rapporteur Marzuki Darusman that the human rights situation in North Korea can only improve if the Kim family is removed and a new leadership is installed...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of reports that the government of North Korea uses forced and uncompensated labour, including school children, in the construction of tourist sites visited by United Kingdom tourists; and whet...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their current understanding of the Warnock Committee’s recommendations on the level of respect to be afforded to human embryos; whether they continue to adhere to those original principles; and how they and the Huma...