Question follow-through · 35188

Surrogacy: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered making the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority a surrogacy regulator.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
5 Mar 2025
Answer
7 Mar 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 3 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered making the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority a surrogacy regulator.

  2. 5 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 7 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Law Commissions of England, Wales, and Scotland published a review of surrogacy in March 2023. One of the recommendations in the report was for the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority to have a new regulatory role for surrogacy organisations....

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