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IVF Provision

Debate on Tuesday, 24 October 2023, in the House of Commons, led by Kate Osborne. The answering member was Maria Caulfield.
Motion, That this House has considered the matter of IVF provision. Agreed to on question.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
738 cc209-230WH 
Session
2022-23
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
General Debate: IVF provision
Friday, 6 October 2023
Research briefings
Proceeding contributions
Kate Osborne | 738 c229WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank everyone for their valued contributions and support for this important issue. I am please...

Sarah Dyke | 738 c229WH (Link to this contribution)

I apologise to the Minister for not being here at the start of this debate on a subject that is v...


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Kate Osborne | 738 cc229-230WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Member for her intervention. In my contribution I touched on the unsafe and inap...

Hannah Bardell | 738 c230WH (Link to this contribution)

One other condition or disease that has not been spoken about is endometriosis. Endometriosis suf...

Kate Osborne | 738 c230WH (Link to this contribution)

I absolutely agree that we should include those sufferers. The hon. Lady’s own contribution to th...

Kate Osborne | 738 cc209-210WH (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move,

That this House has considered the matter of IVF provision.

It is a pl...

Alex Davies-Jones | 738 c210WH (Link to this contribution)

One thing that is becoming more dangerous as a result of same-sex couples having to pay for artif...

Kate Osborne | 738 cc210-1WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I will touch on that later. The guidelines are due to be ...

Hannah Bardell | 738 c211WH (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate the hon. Lady on securing this debate. As well as the point about the strategy’s l...

Kate Osborne | 738 cc211-3WH (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady is absolutely right. Generally, couples are starting their families later, and all ...

Nickie Aiken | 738 c213WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I thank the hon. Member for Jarr...

Hannah Bardell | 738 c213WH (Link to this contribution)

There are, of course, many in the LGBT community who will suffer from infertility, but the realit...

Nickie Aiken | 738 c214WH (Link to this contribution)

Absolutely, and I will come on to that point. It is always about infertility, is it not? It shoul...

Alex Davies-Jones | 738 c214WH (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Member is making a brilliant speech; I thank her for all her work in this area. One of t...

Nickie Aiken | 738 c215WH (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Member makes a very good point. On sex education in schools, it is imperative that we te...

Hannah Bardell | 738 c215WH (Link to this contribution)

I remind the hon. Lady—not to boast too much, but to share positive experiences—that that is only...

Nickie Aiken | 738 c215WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Lady for pointing that out. It is not often that Scotland is ahead of England on...

Jim Shannon | 738 cc215-7WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate. I thank the hon. Member for Jarrow (Kate Osborne) for r...

Alex Davies-Jones | 738 cc216-9WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a privilege to serve under your chairship this morning, Mr Robertson. I thank all colleague...

Laurence Robertson | 738 c219WH (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the Front-Bench speeches.

10.10 am

Hannah Bardell | 738 cc219-223WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a huge pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Robertson, and I sincerely thank the hon....

Abena Oppong-Asare | 738 cc220-6WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure, as always, to serve under your chairship this morning, Mr Robertson. I congratu...

Maria Caulfield | 738 cc226-7WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I thank the hon. Member for Jarr...

Abena Oppong-Asare | 738 c227WH (Link to this contribution)

What conversations has the Minister been having to make sure that ICBs are currently being update...

Maria Caulfield | 738 c227WH (Link to this contribution)

I will go through that. One of the first things we have done is to be transparent about what is b...

Abena Oppong-Asare | 738 c227WH (Link to this contribution)

The Minister may be about to get to this point, so I apologise if I have intervened too quickly. ...

Maria Caulfield | 738 cc227-8WH (Link to this contribution)

As the hon. Lady will know, it was only last year that we published the women’s health strategy. ...

Hannah Bardell | 738 c228WH (Link to this contribution)

It is certainly comforting to hear that, but I urge the Minister to supercharge that work, so tha...

Maria Caulfield | 738 cc228-9WH (Link to this contribution)

The Law Commission has recently produced a report on changes to surrogacy, which we are in the pr...

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