Question follow-through · 19763
Step-families
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, are there any plans to review the legal situation around step-parents having a relationship with their adult step-children, in the same way as has been done in Scotland.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 2 Sept 2026 · 48 calendar days after tabling
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- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, are there any plans to review the legal situation around step-parents having a relationship with their adult step-children, in the same way as has been done in Scotland.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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2 Sept 2026
Answer published
Under the Sexual Offences Act 2003, a step-parent or former step-parent commits an offence if they engage in sexual activity with a step-child under 18 in circumstances where the child has lived in the same household as them or they have been regularly in...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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