HFEA.gov.uk uses cookies to deliver content and make improvements to the website. Accept Configure Menu toggle Our Authority, committees and panels The Authority, our board, meets regularly throughout the year to discuss and determine policy and practice. The meetings are based around draft papers which have been reviewed by our committees and panels which are made up of staff, Authority members and people outside of the HFEA who are all chosen for their expertise in particular areas. This page tells you more about each committee and panel and directs you to meeting papers if they are published. Click to show and hide content The Authority Our Authority meetings act as public board meetings where Authority members discuss and determine policy. Our Authority meeting page contains everything you need to know, including when it meets, and who sits on it. You can also read through past Authority meeting papers and listen to recording of the meetings and find out how to attend. Find out more about our Authority meetings Click to show and hide content Appeals Committee If a clinic disagrees with a decision made at our Licence Committee or Executive Licensing Panel, it has the right to appeal it through the Appeals Committee. This committee is made up of people who are not Authority members of staff so they can give an impartial perspective. Read about upcoming appeals Standing orders Read our standing orders, a guide on how all our committees and panels function. Standing Orders 2021 (PDF 1.6MB) Click to show and hide content Appointments Committee Sometimes our committees need external members and advisers to help them with their work. This committee makes decisions about who to appoint for these roles and meets as and when is needed. Click to show and hide content Audit and Governance Committee This committee makes sure we have rules and practices in place to make us accountable, fair and transparent. It meets four times a year to discuss issues such as how we manage risks, audit arrangements and financial matters. Read the AGC's previous meeting papers Licence Committee and Executive Licensing Panel Click to show and hide content Register Research Panel Click to show and hide content Remuneration Committee Click to show and hide content Scientific and Clinical Advances Advisory Committee (SCAAC) Click to show and hide content Statutory Approvals Committee (SAC) Click to show and hide content ; ; Review date: 3 November 2023 Send to a friend Print this page Follow us on Twitter Opens in new window Get in touch Facebook Opens in new window Get information Find a Clinic Treatment options Donors and donation Fertility preservation About the HFEA News and press releases Privacy, cookies and accessibility Accessibility statement Freedom of information Complaints Work for us For clinics Clinic Portal Applying for a clinic licence Applying for a research licence PGT-M conditions Research and data Our data Guide to the anonymised register Research publications