Question follow-through · 70058
Surrogacy: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission research on the effects on UK citizens of a ban on pursuing surrogacy abroad.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 22 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 1 Sept 2025 · 41 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission research on the effects on UK citizens of a ban on pursuing surrogacy abroad.
1 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Department has no plans to commission research on the effects of a ban on international surrogacy arrangements.The Government supports surrogacy as a part of assisted conception options, to help people who have difficulty starting their own family.The...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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