Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of women's experiences when receiving remote abortion care; and what weight he plans to give to women's experiences and preferences in the ongoing consultation on the permanent extension of the approval order to allow women to take both abortion pills at home.

We have now launched a three month consultation on whether to make permanent the current temporary measure allowing for home use of both pills for early medical abortion up to 10 weeks gestation for all eligible women. We welcome feedback from anyone with an interest or view on this subject, particularly from those who have been directly affected by the current temporary measure. The consultation asks a range of questions, including questions on whether the temporary measure has had an impact on the provision of abortion services for women and girls accessing these services, with a particular regard to safety; accessibility; and privacy and confidentiality of access.