PARENTING TIME PRESUMPTION

Early day motion 128, tabled 18 May 2005 by Baroness May of Maidenhead (Conservative). Signed by 362 members.

That this House believes that separated parents should each have a legal presumption of contact with their children, so that both parents can continue to parent their children and children are able to benefit from being parented by both their parents, as well as from contact with any grandparents and extended family members able and willing to play a role in their upbringing; and urges the Government to replace the legal term `contact' with `parenting time' and to ensure that parenting time orders can be and are made and enforced by the courts, save where a child's safety would be at risk.

Signatures by party: Conservative 161, Labour 126, Liberal Democrat 52, DUP 8, Scottish National Party 6, Plaid Cymru 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Independent 1, Respect 1, UUP 1.