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

Surrogacy: Research

Tabled: 22 July 2025

Answered: 1 September 2025

Question

Tracy Gilbert

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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