Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that IVF treatment is monitored to prevent genetic defects.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has advised that in vitro fertilisation treatment in the United Kingdom has been tightly regulated since 1991 with the establishment of the HFEA. The regulatory scheme ensures that treatment is as safe as possible.