| Heading: |
Domestic Abuse: Family Courts |
| Question ID: |
1747418 |
| UIN: |
18235 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-05 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4934 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Helen Morgan
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| Asking Member handle: |
helenmorganmp
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@helenmorganmp
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of support available to domestic abuse victims and their children in the Family Court system. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-10 |
| 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: |
Family courts have various tools available to protect participants. Courts have the power to prohibit the cross-examination of domestic abuse survivors by their abusers. Victims of domestic abuse are automatically considered to be vulnerable when the cour... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |