Question follow-through · 58419

Surrogacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's timetable is for responding to the joint report of the Law Commissions of England and Wales and Scotland entitled Building families through surrogacy: a new law, published on

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
11 Jun 2025
Answer
12 Jun 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 9 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's timetable is for responding to the joint report of the Law Commissions of England and Wales and Scotland entitled Building families through surrogacy: a new law, published on

  2. 11 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Government does not intend to put forward the Law Commissions’ legislative proposals at this current time, due to the limited time available for introducing new legislation. However, we will publish a Government response as time and capacity allows, a...

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