Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 67730
Domestic Abuse
Tabled: 14 July 2025
Answered: 21 July 2025
Question
Mr Lee Dillon
Liberal Democrat — Newbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that cases involving domestic abuse are assessed under the grave risk exception of Article 13(b) of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child A
Answer
Alex Davies-JonesThe Government is aware of concerns around the operation of the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention in situations where there are allegations of domestic abuse.Published judgments demonstrate that courts in the UK take into account domestic abuse when a...
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