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1486727

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date	05/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Disability: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 21 June (HL Deb col 56GC), when they plan to consult on the feasibility of a pilot scheme testing the (1) advantages, and (2) disadvantages, of extending cost protection to disability claims.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL1477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government is continuing to consider the possibility of consulting on a pilot scheme examining the advantages and disadvantages of extending costs protections to disability claims. This is an important issue that requires careful consideration, and we will set out the way forward in the coming months.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 15/07/2022 10:09:08 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1485942

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Matrimonial Property
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to implement the recommendation included in the Law Commission report Matrimonial Property, Needs and Agreements, published in 2014, that "qualifying nuptial agreements should be introduced by legislation"; and whether they plan to introduce the Draft Nuptial Agreements Bill included in that report.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL1425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>We are taking forward our commitment to review the legislation surrounding financial provision following divorce. Nuptial agreements are one element of this and any decision to introduce new legislation, including the draft Bill provided by the Law Commission in 2014, will be considered against the context of the wider review.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 15/07/2022 10:08:41 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1469976

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Disability: Discrimination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their response on 29 November 2021 to the Liaison Committee report The Equality Act 2010: the impact on disabled people Follow-up report, published on 9 September 2021 (2nd report, HL Paper 60), what further consideration they have given to amending the Civil Procedure Rules to apply Qualified One-Way Costs Shifting to discrimination under the Equality Act 2010, in order to ensure access to justice for disabled people.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to ensuring that access to justice is a reality for disabled people in exercising their rights, and is continuing to carefully consider the issue, including examining the possibility of a consultation and the feasibility of a potential pilot scheme testing the advantages and disadvantages of extending costs protection to such claims. We aim to set out the way forward in the coming months.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 27/06/2022 10:54:20 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1344902

registered interest
date	07/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Divorce Settlements
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar on 6 July (HL1300), whether they have departed from the commitment made by Lord Keen of Elie in his letter dated 16 March 2020 (DEP2020-0150) to gather evidence, consult and develop recommendations relating to the law governing financial provision on divorce.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL1799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to examining the law governing financial provision on divorce.</p><p> </p><p>On 22 January, in answer to written question HL11921 from the noble Baroness, I said that the Government was committed to set up a Lord Chancellor’s working group to take forward that work, including consideration of whether there are problems with the current law. In February 2021, the Nuffield Foundation began an independent research project to investigate how divorcing couples in England and Wales negotiate financial arrangements, both inside and outside the legal system. This study, “Fair Shares? Sorting out money and property on divorce”, aims to provide the first fully representative picture of divorcing couples in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>In light of this important study, and its relevance to the gathering of evidence, the Government will further consider how best to progress the commitments made by Lord Keen and will announce its intentions in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 21/07/2021 16:55:58 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1339160

registered interest
date	22/06/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Divorce: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their commitment in March 2020 to conduct a review into the law relating to financial remedies on divorce, what progress they have made with that review.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL1300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2021 answer text <p>As the Government confirmed on 22 January 2021, it has previously committed to set up a Lord Chancellor’s working group to assess any evidence for changing the law of financial provision on divorce and dissolution. The Government will announce its intentions in due course. Our current priority is to conclude the complex and important work, which is now far advanced, to implement reforms to divorce law in April next year through the provisions of the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020. The Government believes that this is a vital first step in reducing conflict.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 06/07/2021 15:44:33 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech