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Oral Answers to Questions

Gloria De Piero Excerpts
Wednesday 10th July 2019

(4 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Theresa May Portrait The Prime Minister
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My hon. Friend raises an important issue and I recognise the work that he has done on it. I will look carefully at the specifics of the issue that he has raised and respond to him in writing.

Gloria De Piero Portrait Gloria De Piero (Ashfield) (Lab)
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A Nottinghamshire woman whose husband is in prison for her attempted murder was yesterday served with a letter from his lawyers demanding £100,000 as a settlement in their divorce. She would have to sell her family home to give him that money, and it is simply wrong. Would the Prime Minister support a change in the law to remove automatic entitlement to joint assets in such cases?