Oral QuestionDepartment for Exiting the European Union

“What plans the Government has to negotiate for dynamic alignment with the EU on employment rights after the UK has left the EU.”

Tabled: 20 December 2019Answered: 9 January 2020

Asked by

Liz Twist

Labour — Blaydon and Consett

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Catherine Atkinson)

Perpetrators must not be allowed to use the family courts to further their abuse. While the family courts already have a range of tools designed to protect victims, we are going further by rolling out the child-focused courts model nationally.