Building families through surrogacy—Law Commissions’ report

Table of contents

• What is the background to the Law Commissions’ report?
• How is legal parenthood dealt with under the current law?
• What is the new pathway?
• What payments should be permitted?
• How will the parental order procedure change?
• What is the Surrogacy Register?
• What about international surrogacy arrangements?
• What are the next steps?

Article summary

Family analysis: Professor Gillian Black, Commissioner at the Scottish Law Commission, Professor Nick Hopkins, Commissioner at the Law Commission of England and Wales and Christine Gentry, Research Assistant at the Law Commission of England and Wales, set out the key details of the Law Commissions’ report ‘Building families through surrogacy: a new law’, published on 29 March 2023, the background to the report and the Law Commissions’ recommendations.