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Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 10 November 2025

Debate

Financial Provision on Divorce

Contribution

Can I just finish quickly then? The president has announced that financial remedies are being taken out of the list, because there is no time to deal with them. The courts are being blocked by litigants in person and rich people and, in a situation where the law were clearer, the courts would have more space to deal with people who really need them.

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