Closed public consultations

Closed consultations

Hybrids and Chimeras
The best possible start to life - A consultation on multiple births after IVF
Donating eggs for research: safeguarding donors
Code of Practice 7th edition
Annual Fees for Centres Licensed under the European Tissues and Cells Directive
Choices and boundaries - A public discussion
Welfare of the child consultation
Sperm, egg and embryo donation (SEED) Consultation
Research Fees
Sex Selection
HFEA Code of Practice
Modernisation of regulation and the new fee strategy
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
Cloning issues in reproduction, science and medicine
Safe cryopreservation of gametes and embryos
Implementation of withdrawal of payment to donors
Donated ovarian tissue in embryo research and assisted conception
Published reponses to consultations

Closed Consultations

Hybrids and Chimeras
A consultation on the ethical and social implications of creating human/animal embryos in research

Download the consultation document and read more about this consultation on our Policy review page.

This consultation closed 20 July 2007.

The best possible start to life - A consultation on multiple births after IVF

The HFEA launched a public consultation on the issue of multiple births after IVF.

Read details of the consultation and background information on our Policy review page.

This consultation closed on 4 July 2007.

Donating eggs for research: safeguarding donors

Should egg donation for research take place and if so how can donors be best protected?

This consultation closed on the 8th December 2006.

Download a copy of the consultation (220 Kb)

For information on the use of animal eggs in research see our research news.

Read more about the consultation visit the Donating eggs for research policy review page.

Code of Practice 7th edition

The last edition of the HFEA Code of Practice was published in January 2004, and we are working now on the 7th edition. We are consulting on the content of the Code ? this does not represent any changes to HFEA policy, it incorporates guidance published since the previous edition of the Code and the merging of the Code with the HFEA Standards for assisted conception centres required under the Directive.

This consultation closed on the 12 December 2006.

For more information see the Code of Practice policy review page

Annual Fees for Centres Licensed under the European Tissues and Cells Directive

As competent authority for reproductive cells under the EU Tissue and Cells Directive (EUTD), the HFEA's regulatory remit is being extended to include the licensing of services involving fresh gametes such as intra uterine insemination (IUI) and gamete intra-fallopian transfer (GIFT). Under the EUTD, additional requirements are being introduced for all centres, including implementation of a quality management system.

There is no additional funding available for the extension of the HFEA's role, and the cost of inspection and licensing under the EUTD must be covered from fees collected from those centres requiring a licence.

The scope of this consultation covers annual and licence renewal fees which will be chargeable for all centres coming into the regulatory framework from April 2007.

Download the consultation document (47 Kb)

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Choices and boundaries - A public discussion

Should people be able to select embryos free from an inherited susceptibility to cancer?

This is the decision that is going to have to be taken by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority in the near future. Choices and boundaries aims to find out the views of the public on this issue.

Choices & boundaries (274 Kb)
Should people be able to select embryos free from an inherited susceptibility to cancer?

For more information about Choices and boundaries, see the HFEA policy page.

Deadline for submissions: 16 January 2006.

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Welfare of the child consultation

This consultation was open between January and April 2005. The outcome of the review was published in November 2005.

Consultation Document: Welfare of the child - Tomorrow's children (241 Kb)

For more information about the broader welfare of the child review, please see the Welfare of the Child review page.

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Sperm, egg and embryo donation (SEED) Consultation

The outcome of the consultation was published in October 2005.

SEED Consultation: The Regulation of Donor Assisted Conception (208 Kb)

For more information visit the SEED Review page

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Research Fees

Consultation on human embryo research licence fees and proposed changes in the application process (149 Kb)

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Sex Selection

Sex selection: options for regulation (294 Kb)
A report on the HFEA's 2002-03 review of sex selection including a discussion of legislative and regulatory options (includes Appendix A)

Sex selection: report summary (177 Kb)

Appendix B (100 Kb)
Outcome of the 1993 consultation - open letter to the Under Secretary of State for Public Health

Appendix C (223.5 Kb)
Scientific and technical literature review

Appendix D (145 Kb)
Social and ethical literature review

Appendix E (200 Kb)
Qualitative research findings. Report of research conducted by Counterpoint (UK) Ltd

Appendix F (773.5 Kb)
Quantitative research findings. Report of research conducted by Market Opinion and Research International (MORI)

Appendix G (105 Kb)
Consultation co-ordinator's report

Appendix H download (67 Kb)
Consultation complaints officer's report

Sex selection: choice and responsibility in human reproduction consultation document (308 Kb)

Sex selection consultation 1993 (341 Kb)

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