Children (Access to Parents) Bill
A Bill to require courts, local authorities and other bodies, when determining or enforcing issues of residence and contact, to operate under the presumption that the rights of a child include the right to grow up knowing and having access to and contact with both of the parents involved in the residence or contact case concerned, unless exceptional circumstances are demonstrated that such contact is not in the best interests of the child; to create an offence if a relevant body or person does not operate under or respect such a presumption; and for connected purposes
Legislative progress
Commons
29 Mar 2011
1st reading
Commons
2nd reading
Bill documents
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Bill Commons 24 Nov 2011Bill 174 2010-12 (as introduced)