Business question from Julian Lewis (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 21 February 2008. It occurred during Business statement on Business of the House.
Business of the House
Given that the Government wisely distanced themselves from the suggestions about incorporating sharia law made by my old school friend, the Archbishop of Canterbury—that is the name-dropping bit—may we have a statement on consistency from whichever Minister it was who approved the decision to pay benefits in respect of multiple marriages and polygamous partners provided those arrangements were contracted abroad before people came to this country?
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- 472 c534
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- 2007-08
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- House of Commons chamber
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- Benefits rules Polygamy
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