Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

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.

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 Government recognises that international surrogacy is a complex area, and the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office has published guidance for British nationals seeking international surrogacy arrangements.