Question follow-through · 51680
IVF: Donors
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing enforceable limits on the number of children conceived from a single gamete donor.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 12 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 May 2025
- Answer
- 15 May 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing enforceable limits on the number of children conceived from a single gamete donor.
14 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 May 2025
Answer published
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), the United Kingdom’s fertility sector regulator, has advised that donor sperm, eggs, or embryos should not be used to create more than 10 families in the UK.The HFEA expects UK licensed clinics to e...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Suicide
11 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate funding for grassroots organisations delivering peer support to people bereaved by suicide.
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11 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that families bereaved by suicide have access to local, specialist postvention support.
Suicide: Bereavement Counselling
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Suicide: Bereavement Counselling
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17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure people are able to access a timely diagnosis for arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions.
Arthritis: Medical Treatments
17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to reduce access to treatment variations between ICBs for people with arthritis.
Rheumatology: Health Services
17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are his Department taking to ensure NHS staff can recognise rheumatological symptoms and ensure urgent referral to rheumatology services.
Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services
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Miscarriage: Health Services
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