Question follow-through · 95564
Cohabitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reform the rights of co-habiting couples following separation.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 28 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 4 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reform the rights of co-habiting couples following separation.
2 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Government shares concerns that existing protections for cohabiting couples are limited and the weakness of these protections can disproportionately affect women, children and the vulnerable. The Government considers this to be an issue that affects c...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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