Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he applies the same standards for mothers and fathers when assessing Article 8 applications for leave to remain.

Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights falls within the scope of Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules. These rules do not differentiate between mothers and fathers or husbands, wives and civil partners, referring only to parents and partners.

There are no requirements under Appendix FM that are particular to one parental role or the other.