The Law Commissions (one for England and Wales and another for Scotland) are statutory independent bodies responsible for ensuring UK law is fair, modern and simple. Between 2018 and 2023 they reviewed UK surrogacy law.
What has happened so far?
After a 2018 pre-consultation research phase, the Law Commissions published their provisional surrogacy law reform proposals in June 2019 and ran a public consultation until October 2019.
Their final report was published on 29 March 2023, making recommendations as to how the Law Commissions think UK surrogacy law should change.
On 10 April 2025 Baroness Merron wrote to the Law Commissions: “As you will know, the Government has several key priorities that it wishes to progress which will put a significant demand on parliamentary time and resources. This means that the Government is unable to prioritise surrogacy reform and do not intend to put forward these legislative proposals at the current time. However, we will publish a government response as time allows and will look to consider this issue in the future.”
What are the recommendations?
New regulation for UK surrogacy
Tightening up the rules on what UK surrogates are paid
No significant changes for international surrogacy
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