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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he enable local registry offices to permit wedding ceremonies to be held outdoors in the grounds of approved premises if covid-19 social distancing regulations cannot be complied with inside the premises.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he enable local registry offices to permit wedding ceremonies to be held outdoors in the grounds of approved premises if covid-19 social distancing regulations cannot be complied with inside the premises.
The Government announced in June 2019 that the Law Commission will conduct a fundamental review of the law on how and where people can legally marry in England and Wales. This is an important and complex social policy reform and requires careful thought and consideration.
The Law Commission published its consultation paper on 3 September 2020 and the Government, following the final report, will decide on provision on the basis of the Law Commission’s recommendations.
In parallel, the Government made clear when it announced the Law Commission project that it would also, as an interim measure, undertake work to allow more civil weddings and civil partnerships to take place outdoors through secondary legislation. This work is ongoing.
The Government has published guidance on planning COVID-19 secure marriages and civil partnerships at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to grant legal recognition to humanist marriages under the provisions of the Marriage Act 1949.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to grant legal recognition to humanist marriages under the provisions of the Marriage Act 1949.
Amending the existing law on marriage to make provision for legally valid humanist ceremonies would involve a range of issues for the Government to consider carefully. We have no current plans to amend this legislation but will keep the position under review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons his Department is yet to respond to the Law Commission’s report on marriage law of December 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons his Department is yet to respond to the Law Commission’s report on marriage law of December 2016.
The Law Commission published its report in December 2015. The Government responded in September 2017 and the letter is available at the Law Commission website.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2017 to Question 7486 on marriage: Northern Ireland, what effect the absence of a Northern Ireland Executive has had on the Northern Ireland Department of Finance's authority to contest the case Smyth 2017 No....
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2017 to Question 7486 on marriage: Northern Ireland, what effect the absence of a Northern Ireland Executive has had on the Northern Ireland Department of Finance's authority to contest the case Smyth 2017 No....
Marriage is an entirely devolved matter in Northern Ireland, and the subject matters of this question are matters for the Northern Ireland Department of Finance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what information the Government holds on how much the (a) Department of Finance and Registrar General's Office and (b) Office of the Northern Ireland Attorney General have spent contesting case Smyth 2017 No. 038954 on legal recognition of humanist marriages in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what information the Government holds on how much the (a) Department of Finance and Registrar General's Office and (b) Office of the Northern Ireland Attorney General have spent contesting case Smyth 2017 No. 038954 on legal recognition of humanist marriages in...
The Northern Ireland Office does not hold the data requested as matters relating to marriage are devolved in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the case Smyth 2017 No. 038954 on legal recognition for humanist marriages in Northern Ireland, what effect the absence of a Northern Ireland Executive has on the Government of Northern Ireland's authority to continue to contest that case;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the case Smyth 2017 No. 038954 on legal recognition for humanist marriages in Northern Ireland, what effect the absence of a Northern Ireland Executive has on the Government of Northern Ireland's authority to continue to contest that case;...
The Attorney General for Northern Ireland issued a Note of Appeal following the High Court ruling providing temporary authorisation for a celebrant to perform a legally valid and binding humanist wedding ceremony. The Attorney General for Northern Ireland exercises his functions independently. Marriage is an entirely devolved matter in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance her Department has given to local authorities about churches and same sex marriage.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance her Department has given to local authorities about churches and same sex marriage.
Guidance on how to certify a building for religious worship and register for the solemnization of marriages was issued on 18 February 2014 by the General Register Office and is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/281332/D0550_F78L.pdf
The guidance sets out the different options that are available for places of worship and registration for the solemnisation of marriage. Registration of individual
places of worship takes place through local registration services attached to local authorities and they are expected to adhere to the guidance.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are used to assess the validity of marriages in cases where the husband has been allowed residence in the United Kingdom following marriage.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are used to assess the validity of marriages in cases where the husband has been allowed residence in the United Kingdom following marriage.