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Commons · Question 1520 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 22 May 2026

Question

Asked by Tracy Gilbert

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her department has any plans to extend the restricted list of countries from which adoption is prohibited to also cover surrogacy arrangements.

Answer

Answered by Josh MacAlister, 22 May 2026

The Children and Adoption Act 2006 places a statutory duty on my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education to maintain and publish a list of countries in respect of which restrictions on intercountry adoption apply. This Restricted List rela...