title: The Lockhart Committee: developing policy through commitment to moral values, community and democratic processes.
abstract: The Lockhart Committee was appointed by the federal government in 2005 to review the Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2002 (Cth) and the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 (Cth). The issues in the review are ones on which community views differ widely and many people hold strong and diverging opinions. Yet all members of the committee were able to agree on their recommendations when the committee reported to Parliament in December 2005 and since that time, most of its recommendations have been implemented in amendments to federal and State legislation. This article describes the committee's process in considering the issues in the review, in consulting stakeholders and the broader community and in formulating its recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne. l.skene@unimelb.edu.au
authors.forename: Loane
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Skene
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kerridge
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McCombe
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schofield
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D001315:Australia; D019976:Cloning, Organism / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D012945:Social Values