Submissions

CMF regularly makes submissions to Government and other consultations on issues of ethical importance. All of our submissions are accessible here.

Submission to the Dept of Health on the abolition of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (28/09/2012)

This submission from CMF raises concerns with the Dept of Health proposal to transfer functions from the HFEA and the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) to the Care Quality Commission, except...

Submission to the Welsh Government Draft Human Transplantation (Wales) Bill (10/09/2012)

The Welsh Government consulted on its draft Bill to introduce a system of 'presumed consent' for organ donation. This Bill will permit doctors to remove organs and tissue from any...

Submission to the GMC guidance on Personal beliefs and medical practice (13/06/2012)

This submission is a response from CMF to the GMC consultation on the draft of their 'explanatory guidance': Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice. The consultation on 'explanatory guidance' was part...

Submission to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics on donor conception (16/05/2012)

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics issued a consultation on donor conception and whether parents of people conceived using donor eggs or sperm should choose to tell them about their genetic...

Submission to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics on novel neurotechnologies (24/04/2012)

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics issued a consultation on the ethics of new types of technologies and devices that 'intervene' in the brain, such as brain-computer interfaces, deep brain stimulation,...

Submission to the GMC guidance on Personal beliefs and medical practice (17/04/2012)

This submission is a response to the GMC consultation on the redraft of their guidance: Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice . Following this initial consultation process, the GMC will issue...

Submission to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics on the ethics of mitochondrial donation (24/02/2012)

The bypassing of inherited mitochondrial abnormalities using donor eggs to create embryos free of the disorder is an advancing area of research (creating so-called 'three parent embryos'). The Nuffield Council...

Submission to the Welsh Government White Paper on organ and tissue donation (31/01/2012)

Plans for new legislation for organ donation in Wales to introduce a 'soft opt-out system' - otherwise known as 'presumed consent' - will permit doctors to remove organs and tissue...

CMF Submission to Parliamentary Inquiry: ‘Clearing the Ground’ (November 2011) (21/12/2011)

A parliamentary inquiry to consider the situation facing Christians in the UK today, entitled 'Clearing the Ground', seeks to bring clarity about the challenges that Christians face with regard to...

Submission to Department of Education Review of Personal, Social, Health and Economics (PSHE) Education (30/11/2011)

The Government conducted an internal review to determine how to support schools to improve the quality of teaching of personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education, including giving teachers the...