Archive: Tissues And Embryo Authority Rate Bill

Hutton calls for "nuclear renaissance"

Business secretary John Hutton has called for a massive expansion of nuclear power, saying it could be a new North Sea oil for the British economy.

Green groups' alarm at nuclear pathway

Hutton: "Strong" interest in new nuclear power stations

Rush for Britain's new nuclear power stations

Brown concedes free vote on part of embryo bill

Gordon Brown has promised Labour MPs a free vote on the most contentious parts of the controversial embryo bill.

Cameron backs abortion restrictions

David Cameron has backed calls to reduce the time limit for abortions by as much as a month.

Minister praises science as hybrid embryos get go-ahead

Science won out over the "yuck factor" today as the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority granted the first licences for research on human-animal hybrid embryos.

Peer collapses during heated debate

A peer collapsed in the House of Lords last night minutes after delivering a speech on the human fertilisation and embryology bill.