Surrogacy
Commons · Question 1522 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Tracy Gilbert
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department has taken to ensure that the rights and lived experience of children born through surrogacy are reported to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 1 Jun 2026
The Department has not undertaken an assessment on the compliance of safeguarding procedures for surrogacy arrangements with the Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children.The Government has not taken any steps to ensure that the rights and lived experienc...