Mrs. Manningasked the Attorney-General if he will introduce legislation to establish the status of legitimacy of all infants born in wedlock, where both parents are cohabiting at the time of conception.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThere is a legal presumption that children born in wedlock are legitimate. Difficult questions have arisen in regard to the legitimacy of a child born during wedlock in a case in which cohabitation existed at the time of conception but did not take place after the marriage. Further difficult questions have arisen where a child is conceived either by means of artificial insemination or in spite of the fact that there has been no complete intercourse. Such cases are very exceptional, and my noble Friend doubts whether special legislation is desirable, but the matter is being kept under review.