Member

I am very pleased to see that subsection (2)(d) of the new clause proposed in Amendment 116, on the clear and settled intention, mentions the court requiring evidence of living conditions, palliative care and social care. Will the noble Lord outline, however, what remedies he intends for the family court to have? Does he envisage that it will be possible to order a local authority or NHS trust to provide such care when that evidence is assessed, and possibly to adjourn the application in order to allow that to happen? Perhaps he could update the Committee on whether the courts would be happy with that kind of remedy. I believe that they are reluctant to use such remedies that compel the spending of public money.