Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the judgments in A (Surrogacy: s.54 Criteria) [2020] EWHC 1426 and X (Parental Order: Death of Intended Parent Prior to Birth) [2020] EWFC 39 and the Answer of 15 February 2022 to Question 119632 on Surrogacy: Human Rights, what assessment he has made of the impact of clauses 3(2) and 3(3)(a) of the Bill of Rights Bill on foreseen changes in the circumstances of the intended parents of a child who was born as a result of surrogacy arrangements.

As is the case whenever a new government is formed, we are now looking again at the Bill of Rights to ensure that it meets the government’s objectives.