Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish a report on proposals to change the law on the registration of stillborn babies before the 24 week viability threshold.

The Pregnancy Loss Review was commissioned by the Department in March 2018. The Terms of Reference for the Review include considering whether it would, on balance, be beneficial to look at legislative options to amend existing primary legislation to allow parents to register a miscarriage if they so wish. Further information is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/pregnancy-loss-review-group

The Department expects to publish the Review report by the end of the year.