| Heading: |
Children: Abduction |
| Question ID: |
1817501 |
| UIN: |
63487 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-27 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5310 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mr Lee Dillon
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| Asking Member handle: |
LeeRJdillon
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@LeeRJdillon
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to legal support for parents involved in international child abduction cases. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-07 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5204 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sarah Sackman
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Sarah Sackman
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| Answer text: |
Legal aid is available under the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), for legal advice and representation in cases of international abduction where a child has unlawfully been brought to England and Wales from another country... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |