I have also read documents such as COM 2003/390, which is the final proposal for a Council decision on embryo research, dated 16 October 2003, and the report of the committee on culture, science and education of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, dated 11 September 2003. Considering that progress in adult and embryonic stem cell research varies from week to week, I support the position paper put forward by the Government to the Council research group on 8 September 2003. It states: