Lords question for short debate on what steps they are taking to support parents considering separation, and to promote early resolution of private family law arrangements.

Lords question for short debate on what steps they are taking to support parents considering separation, and to promote early resolution of private family law arrangements.

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords contributing to what I consider an important debate this evening. I will not soft-pedal why we are discussing these issues: parental separation is an enormous and egregious problem, the scale and ramifications of which few seem ready to acknowledge. Parental separation is a...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords contributing to what I consider an important debate this evening. I will not soft-pedal why we are discussing these issues: parental separation is an enormous and egregious problem, the scale and ramifications of which few seem ready to acknowledge. Parental separation is a...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, on securing this debate, and it is a pleasure to follow him.

I have been involved in this area in various guises since my time as chief executive of Relate, as a former chair of Cafcass, and as chair of the Lords...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, on securing this debate, and it is a pleasure to follow him.

I have been involved in this area in various guises since my time as chief executive of Relate, as a former chair of Cafcass, and as chair of the Lords...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for calling this debate. I am quite disappointed that so few people are here to speak on such an important issue.

I welcome the Government’s reform to help families resolve disputes faster and protect children from lengthy court cases. The programme of...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for calling this debate. I am quite disappointed that so few people are here to speak on such an important issue.

I welcome the Government’s reform to help families resolve disputes faster and protect children from lengthy court cases. The programme of...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for bringing this debate on this important matter. As I hope noble Lords will know, the Archbishops’ Commission on Families and Households—with which I know the noble Lord was engaged—looked at this subject closely. It is out of this...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for bringing this debate on this important matter. As I hope noble Lords will know, the Archbishops’ Commission on Families and Households—with which I know the noble Lord was engaged—looked at this subject closely. It is out of this...

My Lords, I rise to speak in the gap having heard what has been a powerful and interesting debate—short on numbers but strong

on substance. I have a very narrow point to make. On the general debate, the connection between cause and effect is very difficult to establish in this...

My Lords, I rise to speak in the gap having heard what has been a powerful and interesting debate—short on numbers but strong

on substance. I have a very narrow point to make. On the general debate, the connection between cause and effect is very difficult to establish in this...

My Lords, I first thank the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for tabling this short debate. As my noble friend Lord Davies said, it has been a very interesting and well-informed debate. Secondly, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Bellamy, for facilitating my recent visit to Bournemouth, where I...

My Lords, I first thank the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for tabling this short debate. As my noble friend Lord Davies said, it has been a very interesting and well-informed debate. Secondly, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Bellamy, for facilitating my recent visit to Bournemouth, where I...

My Lords, few subjects can be more important than the one we are discussing this evening, and I rather doubt my ability to do justice to everything that has been said in the 12 minutes allotted to me. I thank my noble friend Lord Farmer for his opening remarks and...

My Lords, few subjects can be more important than the one we are discussing this evening, and I rather doubt my ability to do justice to everything that has been said in the 12 minutes allotted to me. I thank my noble friend Lord Farmer for his opening remarks and...

My Right Honourable Friend, The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mel Stride MP) has made the following Written Statement.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has today published its annual statistics on incomes and living standards covering 2022/23. This includes Households Below Average Income (HBAI), which contains estimates...

My Right Honourable Friend, The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mel Stride MP) has made the following Written Statement.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has today published its annual statistics on incomes and living standards covering 2022/23. This includes Households Below Average Income (HBAI), which contains estimates...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has today published its annual statistics on incomes and living standards covering 2022/23. This includes Households Below Average Income (HBAI), which contains estimates of household incomes and a range of low-income indicators for 2022/23, derived from the Family Resources Survey. Further publications in...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has today published its annual statistics on incomes and living standards covering 2022/23. This includes Households Below Average Income (HBAI), which contains estimates of household incomes and a range of low-income indicators for 2022/23, derived from the Family Resources Survey. Further publications in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether a Minister in her Department leads on policy on supporting children through parental separation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether a Minister in her Department leads on policy on supporting children through parental separation.