{"value":{"id":1360002,"askingMemberId":4645,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2021-10-15T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2021-10-19T00:00:00","uin":"57291","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reforming the eligibility for Spousal Support to include people who are in long-term relationships outside of marriage.","answeringBodyId":54,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Justice","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4369,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2021-10-27T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Law Commission consulted on financial remedies for cohabiting couples in 2006 and published its report in July 2007. The Government will review how to proceed in relation to proposals made by the Law Commission on the rights or responsibilities which marriage creates, such as the financial entitlements of surviving spouses or the consequences of divorce, in the context of any further reforms to the family justice system.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Tax Allowances: Cohabitation","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1360002","method":"GET"}]}