United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 76161
Fathers: Parental Responsibility
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9 September 2025
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17 September 2025 · Answer
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17 September 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to allow a newborn child's father to have automatic parental rights over his child in light of the mother’s death during childbirth.
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9 September 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to allow a newborn child's father to have automatic parental rights over his child in light of the mother’s death during childbirth.
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17 September 2025
Answer
The Government has no plans to bring forward legislation to grant automatic parental responsibility to a father in unfortunate circumstances where the mother dies during childbirth.In England and Wales, a father only acquires parental responsibility autom...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-09-09/76161
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1833710
- uk · wq-1833710 · source updated 17 September 2025