Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 70059

IVF: Advertising

Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 1 September 2025

Question

Tracy Gilbert

LabourEdinburgh North and Leith

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take legislative steps to require the listing of health risks on adverts placed by fertility clinics seeking egg donors.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), the United Kingdom’s fertility sector regulator, sets out strict requirements in its Licence Conditions and Code of Practice in relation to the recruitment of donors and the information that must be...

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