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  Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations
  
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  The majority of MPs voted in favour[1] of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations which said:[2]
  
  :Research licences may be authorised under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990[3] for the purposes of
  * increasing knowledge about the development of embryos;
  * increasing knowledge about serious disease, or
  * enabling any such knowledge to be applied in developing treatments for serious disease.
  
  A list of such licenses would be useful to link to from here.
  
  * [1] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200001/cmhansrd/vo001219/debtext/01219-07.htm Yvette Cooper MP], House of Commons, 19 December 2000
  * [2] [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/SI/si2001/20010188.htm Statutory Instrument 188 (2001)], House of Commons, 24 January 2001
  * [3] [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/Acts/acts1990/ukpga_19900037_en_3#pb15-l1g45 Section 45], OPSI
  
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  (put thoughts and notes for other researchers here)
  