Question follow-through · 14830
Family Proceedings: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure children's wishes are considered by the Family Court during a hearing.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 25 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure children's wishes are considered by the Family Court during a hearing.
20 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Nov 2024
Answer published
When deciding an issue relating to the upbringing of a child, the child’s welfare must be the court’s paramount consideration. When considering arrangements to be made for a child, the court must have particular regard to a list of factors, including the ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Ministry of Justice: Artificial Intelligence
26 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what artificial intelligence services or tools are used by their department; and whether the department has a contract with each provider of those services.