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Embryo Bill: general correspondence, 1985-05 - 1987-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/2/1/43

Scope and Contents

Correspondence on JEP's Unborn Children (Protection) Bill (1985), with correspondents including: Robert Edwards [Professor of Human Reproduction, Cambridge University] on the research value of work on embryos (5); Peter Thurnham; Lord Rawlinson of Ewell, on handling the bill; Andrew Bowden on taking the bill forward; [William] John Biffen, Lord Privy Seal; George Cubie, Clerk, House of Commons; Sir Bernard Braine on taking the bill forward; John Maddox, Editor of Nature.

Also includes: explanatory memorandum on the bill; extracts from Hansard covering debates on the bill; notes on amendments to the bill.

Dates

  • Creation: 1985-05 - 1987-02

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.

Extent

1 file(s)

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

File 505

Related Materials

See also press cuttings at POLL 12/3/22.

Finding aid date

2002-06-27 16:58:43+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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