Archive of Consultation Responses:

Policy Archives for 2000 - 2005

Please see below the 2000-2005 archives of Genetic Alliance UK's policy and campaigning work...

(Note: Genetic Alliance UK was previously called Genetic Interest Group (GIG) and changed its name on 1st June 2010)

• Department of Health review of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act
  Response from the Genetic Interest Group
  November 2005
• Human Tissue Authority Consultation on their Codes of Practice
  Response from the Genetic Interest Group
  October 2005
• Genetic Interest Group Patient Quality Indicator Questionaire
  Developed in May 2005
• The Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority Consultation - Welfare of the Child - Tomorrow's Children.
  Response from the Genetic Interest Group
  March 2005
• Academy of Medical Science a Study on the Use of Patient Data in Research
  Response from the Genetic Interest Group.
  December 2004
• Human Genetics Commisssion consultation
  Choosing the Future: Genetics and Reproductive Decision Making.
  Response from the Genetic Interest Group.
  November 2004
• Joint Commitee on Medical Genetics and the Genetic Interest Group's response to the Human Tissue Bill.
  Letter from The Joint Committee on Medical Genetics (The Royal College of Physicans, The British Society for Human Genetics and The Royal Society of Pathologists) and the Genetic Interest Group to the House of Lords sent on
  7th September 2004.
  
  For further information on the progress of the Human Tissue Bill through the UK parliament please look at the following link to the explanatory notes prepared by the Department of Health.
  Human Tissue Bill - Summary.
• Human Tissue Bill - following the Third Hearing in the House of Lords a Response from the Genetic Interest Group
  19th July 2004
• Nuffield Council on Bioethics consultation on The Ethics of Research Involving Animals.
  Response from the Genetic Interest Group
  November 2003
• Pharmacogenetics: Ethical Issues
  Response from the Genetic Interest Group
  January 2003
• The Law on Human Organs and Tissue in England and Wales
  Human Bodies, Human Choices, A Consultation Report.
  Response from the Genetic Interest Group
  14 October 2002
• The Supply of Genetic Tests Direct to the Public
  A response from the Genetic Interest Group. A consultation document. Human Genetic Commission.
  July 2002
• A Consultation Document on Unclaimed and unidentifiable organs and tissue
  Retained Organs Commission. A possible regulatory framework.
  Response from the Genetic Interest Group
  June 2002
• Genetics and Human Behaviour: the ethical context
  Response from the Genetic Interest Group
  July 2001
• Whose hands on your genes?
  March 2001
• NICE Consultation Document "Have Your Say",
  Response from the Genetic Interest Group
  July 2000
• ACGT Consultation on Prenatal Genetic Testing
  Response from the Genetic Interest Group
  May 2000
• Human Tissue and Biological Supplies for Use in Research. Interim Operational and Ethical Guidelines issued by the MRC (Nov 1999),
  Response from the Genetic Interest Group
  March 2000