Question reference: S1W-00920
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 12 August 1999
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Current status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 26 August 1999
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will act on the Scottish Office proposals in "Improving Scottish Family Law" (March 1999) on co-habitation, and, if so, whether it plans to act on any of the recommendations to give single sex couples equal rights of succession and property.
Answer
The consultation paper Improving Scottish Family Law issued by The Scottish Office in March of this year encouraged a wide range of responses to the proposals, including those relating to the law on cohabitation. The responses are now being considered by the Scottish Executive, and I will make an announcement on the proposed way forward in due course.