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Fertility Treatment Regulation

Before the Minister sits down, I wonder whether she would be kind enough to answer one question for me. The figures that I presented on embryo freezing show that there were 909 births, some of which miscarried. However, it is clear that at least 42,000 treatments with embryos were given to different women in that period of time. That is a massive disappointment for women who are hoping to preserve their fertility. Even that figure is clearly an underestimate. I repeat my question to my noble friend Lady Merron and request that she be kind enough to write to me explaining why the HFEA no longer keeps these figures in the way it used to. It is really important to find out what is happening.