Ethics and Law Advisory Committee (ELAC)

The Ethics and Law Advisory Committee (ELAC) is a subcommittee of the Authority and comprises Authority members and co-opted members. The ELAC meets three times a year and considers the ethical, social and legal aspects of the Authority's work.

ELAC Members

  • Gemma Hobcraft  - Chair
  • David Archard - Deputy Chair
  • Jane Dibblin
  • Mair Crouch
  • Neva Haites (ex officio)
  • Sam Abdalla 

ELAC Secretariat

  • Joanne Anton (secretary)
  • Matthew Watts 

For more information about the Ethics and Law Advisory Committee, contact:

Telephone:     020 7291 8229
Email:               matthew.watts@hfea.gov.uk
                          joanne.anton@hfea.gov.uk

Meeting agendas, minutes and papers

2012

  • February
  • May
  • October

2011

 

  • March
    (items agreed locally)
  • June
  • September
    (meeting cancelled)
  • November 
    (meeting cancelled due to public strike)

 

 

 

 

 

2010

 


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2009

  • January
  • March (cancelled)
  • July

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    2008


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    2007


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    2006


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    2005


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    2004


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    2003

     


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    Page last updated: 26 January 2012

    ELAC Ethics Framework

    ELAC have developed an Ethics Framework, designed to:

    • set out the moral principles which guide its deliberations
    • help it make explicit the moral principles underpinning its ethical deliberations

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    Terms of reference

    Find out the rules that currently govern aspects of HFEA committees such as their functions and membership.