Jim Shannon

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

Speaking in the House of Commons on 7 September 2026

Debate

Surrogacy Law and Legal Parenthood

Contribution

I should have said this in my earlier contribution, but I refer the hon. Gentleman to page 31 of the Library’s “Surrogacy in the UK” briefing, where it refers to some physical circumstances and risks that came up in a Canadian population-based surrogacy study that I think are incredibly important. It says: “Some research suggests that using an egg from a relative may reduce these risks”. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that we need to consider the Canadian perspective and the surrogacy study that they did?

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