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Fertility: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to update existing regulations in the fertility industry.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 13 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 16 Jan 2025
Answer: 16 Jan 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

13 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to update existing regulations in the fertility industry.
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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16 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) published Modernising Fertility Law in November 2023, its recommendations for updating the regulatory framework in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary o...

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Coronavirus: Vaccination

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Carers: Finance

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Carers: Employment

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Continuing Care

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Care Homes and Primary Care: Inspections

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