Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 76161
Fathers: Parental Responsibility
Tabled: 9 September 2025
Answered: 17 September 2025
Question
Maya Ellis
Labour — Ribble Valley
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to allow a newborn child's father to have automatic parental rights over his child in light of the mother’s death during childbirth.
Answer
Alex Davies-JonesThe Government has no plans to bring forward legislation to grant automatic parental responsibility to a father in unfortunate circumstances where the mother dies during childbirth.In England and Wales, a father only acquires parental responsibility autom...
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