Rape: Children
Commons · Question 76159 · Tabled 9 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 17 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Maya Ellis
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to remove parental rights from convicted rapists to children conceived through rape.
Answer
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 17 Sep 2025
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...