Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the role of mitrochondrial DNA in addition to energy-related functions.
I refer the honourable Member to the answer given by my hon. friend (Jane Ellison) of 7 July 2014, Official Report, Col. 38W to the hon. Member for Congleton.
www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm140707/text/140707w0002.htm#14070761002001
Paragraph 2.1 in the Scientific Report of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) expert panel also describes the function of mitochondrial DNA. This report can be found on the HFEA’s Website at:
www.hfea.gov.uk/6372.html