Government response to the report from the Joint Committee on the Human Tissue and Embryos (Draft) Bill / presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Health by Command of Her Majesty, October 2007.

This document sets out the Government's reply to the Joint Committee's 31 recommendations set out in its report (HL 169-I/HC 630-I, session 2006-07; ISBN 9780104011348) on the draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill published in May 2007 (Cm. 7087; ISBN 9780101708722). The responses are given under a number of headings including: the legislative and regulatory framework, regulatory bodies, inter-species embryos and the 'need for a father'.