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Surrogacy: Regulation

Asked by Gregory StaffordConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 7 March 2025UIN 35188

The question

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.

Answered by Karin Smyth

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.

The Government is considering the Law Commissions’ report and will publish a response as time allows.

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