Asked by: Anna McMorrin (Labour - Cardiff North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on surrogacy.
Answered by Philip Dunne
The Government recognises the value of surrogacy as one of a number of options in helping people who can’t have children create a family.
Drafting work on the remedial order is ongoing. We currently estimate it will be laid in the autumn session of Parliament.
The Department supports the proposal by the Law Commission of England and Wales to include a project about surrogacy in its work programme for 2017-20.
Asked by: Anna McMorrin (Labour - Cardiff North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to review legislation on surrogacy.
Answered by Philip Dunne
The Government recognises the value of surrogacy as one of a number of options in helping people who can’t have children create a family.
Drafting work on the remedial order is ongoing. We currently estimate it will be laid in the autumn session of Parliament.
The Department supports the proposal by the Law Commission of England and Wales to include a project about surrogacy in its work programme for 2017-20.
Asked by: Anna McMorrin (Labour - Cardiff North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has a serious intention to pursue its request to the Law Commission to include a project on surrogacy in the 13th programme of law reform.
Answered by Philip Dunne
The Government recognises the value of surrogacy as one of a number of options in helping people who can’t have children create a family.
Drafting work on the remedial order is ongoing. We currently estimate it will be laid in the autumn session of Parliament.
The Department supports the proposal by the Law Commission of England and Wales to include a project about surrogacy in its work programme for 2017-20.