questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's report entitled Assessing risk of harm to children and parents in private law children cases, published in June 2020, what steps his Department plans to take to further engage children in family court proceedings.
answerText: The welfare of the child is the family court’s paramount concern and any decisions about future arrangements for children are based on this fundamental principle.In February 2022, we launched the Investigative Approach Pathfinder court pilot in Dorset and...
heading: Family Courts: Children