Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice

Oral Answers to Questions

Laurence Robertson Excerpts
Tuesday 24th January 2017

(7 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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I am delighted to hear that the Labour party wants to support the will of the British people. That is a welcome development. As I have said, I am intensely proud of our independent judiciary—it is a core part of our democracy—but I am also proud to live in a country that has a free press.

Laurence Robertson Portrait Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury) (Con)
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T3. Will consideration be given to whether the courts give both parents fair access to their children? There is a perception that, on occasions, fathers do not get the fair access that they deserve.