Family

Family: marriage, parents and children.

The House of Lords chamber, full for the State Opening of Parliament

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Gender medicine & children Peers begin line-by-line scrutiny of Health Bill as puberty blocker fight returns

Lords committee stage starts today. Amendments on puberty blockers and single-sex NHS facilities, defeated in the Commons, can now be tabled again.

28 Oct 2026

A parent in a yellow raincoat walks hand in hand with a small child along a leaf-strewn pavement, seen from behind

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Marriage & family Bill to end presumption that both parents should be involved in a child’s life reaches the Lords

The Courts and Tribunals Bill would remove a rule, in place since 2014, that family courts start from the view that each parent's involvement is good for a child. Committee stage begins on 10 November.

27 Oct 2026