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Family Proceedings

Question for Ministry of Justice

UIN HL4382, tabled on 9 January 2017

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will participate in the consultation launched by the President of the Family Division on proposed changes relating to public hearings in family law cases.

Answered on

19 January 2017

The last consultation document on transparency in the family courts the President issued was published in August 2014 and he has not published another since. A recent article published in a national newspaper which suggested otherwise was incorrect.