Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 77388

Crimes of Violence: Women

Tabled: 15 September 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025

Question

Rebecca Paul

ConservativeReigate

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the recommendations on surrogacy in the report by the UN Special Rapporteur for Violence Against Women and Girls entitl

Answer

Karin Smyth
The UN Special Rapporteur’s report is framed within the context of Violence Against Women and Girls and recommends banning surrogacy in all forms.The United Kingdom Government supports surrogacy as an option for family formation, for people unable to carr...

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