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May I suggest that my hon. Friend has a prompt meeting on that important issue with the Secretary of State for Justice? I undertake to arrange that as soon as possible. My hon. Friend has raised the issue consistently over a number of years. I welcome her back to the...

Member
Baroness Harman (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
12 June 2008
Reference
477 c458
House
House of Commons

Last summer, the Law Commission recommended reform of the law relating to cohabiting couples to avoid expensive and protracted court cases after the breakdown of a relationship. In March this year, the Ministry of Justice announced in a written ministerial statement that it would not change the law but that...

Member
Mary Creagh (Labour)
Type
Business questions
Date
12 June 2008
Reference
477 c458
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much was provided in legal aid to those involved in disputes arising from separating cohabiting couples in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07.

Asked by
Mary Creagh (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 June 2008
Reference
477 c315W; 208412
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many court proceedings under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 were undertaken in relation to a dispute arising from separating cohabiting couples in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07;

Asked by
Mary Creagh (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 June 2008
Reference
477 c223-4W; 208413
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much expenditure his Department incurred in the payment of benefits to individuals who have separated from their partner after a period of cohabitation in the latest period for which figures are available.

Asked by
Mary Creagh (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 June 2008
Reference
477 c175W; 208415
House
House of Commons

(2) how many court proceedings under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989 were undertaken in relation to a dispute arising from separating cohabiting couples in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07.

Asked by
Mary Creagh (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 June 2008
Reference
477 c223-4W; 208414
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the separation rate was for married personnel in each service in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) officers, (b) other ranks and (c) all ranks.

Asked by
Liam Fox (Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
15 May 2008
Reference
475 c1707-8W; 205128
House
House of Commons

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether unmarried cohabiting opposite-sex couples need legislative protection; and

Asked by
Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 March 2008
Reference
2414; 700 c58-9WA
House
House of Lords

Whether they will introduce legislation to give effect to the recommendations of the Law Commission for England and Wales in its report Cohabitation: The Financial Consequences of Relationship Breakdown to provide a scheme of financial remedies that would lead to fairer outcomes on separation of cohabitants and their families.

Asked by
Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 March 2008
Reference
2416; 700 c58-9WA
House
House of Lords

Whether the law that currently applies to resolve property disputes between unmarried cohabiting couples is sufficiently clear and uncomplicated and produces fair outcomes for cohabitants and their children; and

Asked by
Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 March 2008
Reference
2415; 700 c58-9WA
House
House of Lords

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Bridget Prentice) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement. Today we are announcing the Government's response to the Law Commission's paper on Cohabitation: The Financial Consequences of Relationship Breakdown. The Law Commission published its very thorough and high quality report on...

Member
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour)
Department
Ministry of Justice
Type
Written statements
Date
6 March 2008
Reference
699 c111WS
House
House of Lords

Today we are announcing the Government's response to the Law Commission's paper on Cohabitation: The Financial Consequences of Relationship Breakdown. The Law Commission published their very thorough and high quality report on 31 July 2007. It makes recommendations to Government on certain aspects of the law relating to cohabitants. It...

Member
Bridget Prentice (Labour)
Department
Ministry of Justice
Type
Written statements
Date
6 March 2008
Reference
472 c122WS
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the reasons why (i) foster family units break down and (ii) family units with an adopted child or children breakdown.

Asked by
Dari Taylor (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
5 February 2008
Reference
471 c1102W;471 c1104W; 183548
House
House of Commons
The children's plan contains a commitment to improve support during and after family breakdown, including helping children to maintain contact with both parents. My Department promotes strong families and seeks to minimise the impact of breakdown on children. Families can access services via children's centres and extended schools. We fund marriage and relationship support through grants, and the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service—CAFCASS—safeguards and promotes the best interests of children in family court proceedings.
Answered by
Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
4 February 2008
Reference
471 c652
House
House of Commons
The Children's Commissioner for England has said that the most important cause of unhappiness in children is the threat of family breakdown. Will the Government therefore look sympathetically at the family relationship centres in Australia, which have bipartisan support and help parents to reach agreement on post-separation parenting? They also do a lot to strengthen intact family relationships and marriages.
Asked by
Andrew Selous (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
4 February 2008
Reference
471 c652
House
House of Commons
I know that the hon. Gentleman is very keen on the Australian model and that he has long taken an interest in that subject. I am sure that that has nothing to do with the fact that he had an Australian mother. The Legal Services Commission has recently finished piloting the family advice and information services, known as FAINS. These are aimed at encouraging the development of a more holistic approach, including clients working with their solicitors to develop a personal action plan to identify the actions that the client and other agencies will take, and the support that the client will need, in addition to that of a solicitor. So there is already a FAINS pilot in place, and we will evaluate it in the near future, perhaps before we go on to consider the hon. Gentleman's preferred native solution.
Answered by
Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
4 February 2008
Reference
471 c652
House
House of Commons
What steps his Department is taking to provide relationship support and services to children of separated parents.
Asked by
Andrew Selous (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
4 February 2008
Reference
471 c652; 183688
House
House of Commons

I have two points. The noble Lord presses me, but it genuinely is for the commission to develop the business model. That is why we are going down this route. If it planned to do something that the Government thought was outrageous, the protections are in the directions and guidance...

Member
Lord McKenzie of Luton (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
31 January 2008
Reference
698 c425GC
House
House of Lords

I find this discussion quite extraordinary. In what he has just said, the Minister relied on Clause 7(4)(a). My noble friend and I understand quite readily what, "““any Minister of the Crown or department of the Government of the United Kingdom””" means, but we do not know what ““other public...

Member
Lord Skelmersdale (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
31 January 2008
Reference
698 c424GC
House
House of Lords

The debate has been valuable. I want to reflect on what has been said. I have two queries. First, the commission will have such a difficult birth and early period before it gets into a stable state, if it ever does. I am prepared to believe that the work done...

Member
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
31 January 2008
Reference
698 c425GC
House
House of Lords