Feotuses

Mr. Patten
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the answer of 5 July, Official Report, column 221, on what grounds he has decided that no action is called for in the light of the evidence on whether foetuses feel pain. [34076]

Mr. Bowis
The report has been made available to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. We shall keep this issue under careful review.