Question follow-through · 5987
Cohabitation: Common Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to launch a consultation on cohabitation law reform.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 2 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 10 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to launch a consultation on cohabitation law reform.
4 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government published its consultation, “A Fairer End to Relationships”, on Friday 5 June.This consultation proposes some of the biggest reforms to family law in decades, bringing the law into the 21st century and increasing protection for millions.The...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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