Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 51679

IVF: Donors

Tabled: 12 May 2025
Answered: 15 May 2025

Question

Luke Murphy

LabourBasingstoke

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the consistency of informed consent practices in donor conception.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has advised that it sets out strict requirements in its Licence Conditions and Code of Practice in relation to obtaining informed consent from egg, sperm, and embryo donors and patients undergoing do...

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