| Heading: |
Family Courts: Children |
| Question ID: |
1786433 |
| UIN: |
39678 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5109 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Chris Bloore
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| Asking Member handle: |
chrisbloore
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@chrisbloore
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children's voices are included in family court cases. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-26 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4849 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Alex Davies-Jones
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| Answering Member handle: |
AlexDaviesJones
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@AlexDaviesJones
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| Answer text: |
When deciding an issue relating to the upbringing of a child, the child’s welfare must be the court’s paramount consideration. The court must have regard for the wishes and feelings of the child, considered in light of the child’s age and level of underst... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |