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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-07-11more like thismore than 2017-07-11
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Surrogacy more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the conclusion of the report by the Surrogacy UK Working Group on Surrogacy Law, Surrogacy in the UK: Myth bashing and reform, published in November 2015, whether they continue to support the inclusion of a review of the law on surrogacy in the Law Commission's 13th programme of law reform; and whether they will commit to their own review of the law on surrogacy if the Law Commission does not take this forward. more like this
tabling member printed
Baroness Barker more like this
uin HL661 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
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answer text <p>It is the Government’s intention to lay the remedial order, which will allow single people to apply for a parental order in a surrogacy arrangement, after the summer recess. The order will include a provision to allow for retrospective application for a parental order by single people.</p><p> </p><p>The Government supports the inclusion of a review of surrogacy legislation in the Law Commission’s 13<sup>th</sup> programme of law reform. The Department has not made any alternative plans for a review of surrogacy but would consider options carefully, if, for any reason, the Law Commission decides not to proceed.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy more like this
grouped question UIN HL660 more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-07-19T13:51:01.067Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-19T13:51:01.067Z
answering member
4545
label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy more like this
tabling member
2501
label Biography information for Baroness Barker more like this