Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 70058

Surrogacy: Research

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 commission research on the effects on UK citizens of a ban on pursuing surrogacy abroad.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Department has no plans to commission research on the effects of a ban on international surrogacy arrangements.The Government supports surrogacy as a part of assisted conception options, to help people who have difficulty starting their own family.The...

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