Question follow-through · 126326
Divorce
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will undertake a review of the legal management of divorce proceedings; and if he will make it his policy to reform interim financial arrangements to ensure neither party is financially disadvantaged or pla
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 20 Apr 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will undertake a review of the legal management of divorce proceedings; and if he will make it his policy to reform interim financial arrangements to ensure neither party is financially disadvantaged or pla
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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20 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Government has no plans to undertake a further review of divorce law in respect of the way in which marriages are dissolved. This is because significant reforms were introduced by the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act (“DDSA”) 2020, which came i...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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23 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to review the prohibition on prison officers taking industrial action.
Reoffenders: Women
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Convictions and Prosecutions: Appeals
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2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of hearings of appeals against conviction from the magistrates' court involve A) complainants in general and B) vulnerable complainants.
Public Office (Accountability) Bill
16 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide the date of his last formal communication with the Hillsborough Law Now and Pete Weatherby KC campaign regarding the Public Office (Accountability) Bill.
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2 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his department will publish the family justice strategy.
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Juries
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