Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 76159

Rape: Children

Tabled: 9 September 2025

Answered: 17 September 2025

Question

Maya Ellis

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to remove parental rights from convicted rapists to children conceived through rape.

Answer

Alex Davies-Jones

The 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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