Question follow-through · 76053
IVF: Homosexuality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 and (b) Articles (i) 42 and (ii) 43 of that Act on same-sex, non-married or civil partne
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 and (b) Articles (i) 42 and (ii) 43 of that Act on same-sex, non-married or civil partne
11 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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15 Sept 2025
Answer published
Section 42 and 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 provide a framework of protection from disputes over legal parenthood. These provisions allow female couples who are married or in a civil partnership, or who have undertaken treatment i...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Defibrillators
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