Matrimonial and family proceedings bill, 1984

The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, calls on Her Majesty’s Government to halt the proposed innovatory legislation contained in the Matrimonial and Family Proceeding Bill Parts 1 & 2, pending publication of reliable, factual information, based on official research now in progress and further to set up a Royal Commission on Marriage and Divorce to enquire into and make recommendations on the ethical, social and economic implications of changes in the divorce law. 

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