My right honourable friend the Minister of State, Department of Health (Dawn Primarolo) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

Today we have laid before Parliament the Government’s response to the Science and Technology Committee’s report on the scientific developments relating to the Abortion Act 1967 (Cm 7278).

In June 2007, the committee undertook to conduct an inquiry into scientific developments relating to the Abortion Act 1967. The department participated in the inquiry and the Government are grateful for the committee’s report and have accepted several of the key recommendations.

The Command Paper sets out the Government’s response to all 32 conclusions and is available in the Library.