Policy paper

The government’s response to an incompatibility in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008

Command paper and remedial order to allow a single person to obtain a parental order following a surrogacy arrangement.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 1 December 2017
• Last updated: 19 December 2017 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

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The government’s response to an incompatibility in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008: a remedial order to allow a single person to obtain a parental order following a surrogacy arrangement

Ref: Cm. 9525

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Correction slip to 'The government’s response to an incompatibility in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008'

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This command paper presents a remedial order to Parliament for scrutiny. The order addresses an incompatibility in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 and will allow a single person to apply for a parental order, which transfers legal parenthood after a surrogacy arrangement.

Published 1 December 2017
Last updated 19 December 2017 + show all updates

1. 19 December 2017

   Correction slip to the draft order removes a typo at the end of para (1)(a), tidies up quotation marks, and corrects misnumbering throughout.

2. 1 December 2017

   First published.