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Domestic Abuse: Family Proceedings

Asked by Munira WilsonLiberal DemocratMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 6 January 2025UIN 21025

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendations by Resolution in its report entitled Domestic Abuse in Financial Remedy Proceedings, published in October 2024.

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones

Tackling violence against women and girls is a top priority for this Government, which includes addressing issues of domestic and economic abuse in financial remedy proceedings. The Government will consider Resolution’s recommendations alongside the Law Commission’s recently published scoping report on financial remedies.

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