Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Alison Bennett and Heidi Alexander

Tuesday 5th November 2024 Commons Chamber

[Heidi Alexander]

Some cases are eligible for legal aid under exceptional case funding. If my hon. Friend writes to me with the details of the case, I will come back to him with any advice that I can offer.

[Alison Bennett (Mid Sussex) (LD)]

As Ministers are doubtless aware, domestic abuse includes financial abuse and coercive control. I have a constituent whose ex-partner is using the family courts to perpetrate his controlling and abusive behaviour against her. What can be done to prevent the legal system from being used as a vehicle for extending domestic abuse by former partners?