United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 130742
Foetal Tissue: Overseas Trade
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16 December 2020
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11 January 2021 · Answer
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11 January 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department takes to monitor the import into or export from the UK of human fetal tissue.
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16 December 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department takes to monitor the import into or export from the UK of human fetal tissue.
Source: Commons
11 January 2021
Answer
The Human Tissue Act 2004 makes no distinction between pregnancy remains and other tissue from a living person. Tissue for use in human application or for research is regulated by the Human Tissue Authority (HTA). HTA-licensed establishments maintain inve...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-12-16/130742
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1271611
- uk · wq-1271611 · source updated 11 January 2021