Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 107182

Surrogacy: Social Media

Tabled: 20 January 2026
Answered: 5 February 2026

Question

Carla Lockhart

Democratic Unionist PartyUpper Bann

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of (a) social media groups that promote surrogacy and (b) the risks posed by such gro

Answer

Kanishka Narayan
Human trafficking is a priority offence under the Online Safety Act. The Act places duties on services to take steps to ensure they are not used for human trafficking.Ofcom, as the independent regulator, has strong enforcement powers under the OSA, includ...

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