| Heading: |
DNA: Testing |
| Question ID: |
1814066 |
| UIN: |
60861 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4124 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dame Chi Onwurah
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| Asking Member handle: |
ChiOnwurah
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@ChiOnwurah
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the (a) data protection and (b) ethical implications of commercial DNA testing services used by minors without age verification. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
2025-06-24 |
| Date answered: |
2025-07-01 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4444 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Karin Smyth
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| Answering Member handle: |
karinsmyth
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@karinsmyth
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
All companies providing DNA testing kits or DNA testing services must comply with the provisions of the Human Tissue Act 2004 relating to consent. This provides the ethical framework for DNA testing. Under the Act, a person who has not attained the age of... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |