| Heading: |
Surrogacy |
| Question ID: |
1819029 |
| UIN: |
HL9051 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
883 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Jopling
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Jopling
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government how many babies were born in each of the past three years to surrogate mothers; and in how many cases the surrogate mother has claimed parentage of the child contrary to the wishes of the genetic parents. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-10 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
347 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answer text: |
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) publishes annual data, available on their website, which includes births from surrogacy at United Kingdom licensed fertility clinics. The following table shows the number of live births from in vitro... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |