Although human cloning is currently banned by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, Milburn says its policy could be overturned at any time and a licence issued.
Even at the time of the licence auctions, some observers were worried that, by extracting the highest prices, governments, particularly in Britain and Germany, would leave the companies without the funds needed to build the business.
Officers said at the time that Mr Davies did not have a gun licence and that the gun he had at the time of the previous court hearing had not belonged to him.