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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if the Government will extend the validity period of marriage notices issued in 2020 by 12 months to allow weddings cancelled as a result of the outbreak of covid-19 to take place.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if the Government will extend the validity period of marriage notices issued in 2020 by 12 months to allow weddings cancelled as a result of the outbreak of covid-19 to take place.
The Government acknowledges the significant upheaval that Covid-19 is causing for couples who were looking to marry at this time. The requirement to solemnize a marriage within twelve months of giving notice to marry is set out in primary legislation and would require primary legislation to amend.
We are exploring what changes might be possible in relation to marriages at this time, and in line with Public Health England guidance on social distancing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Bermudian counterpart on same-sex marriage legislation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Bermudian counterpart on same-sex marriage legislation.
The Domestic Partnership Act will withdraw the entitlement for same sex couples to marry and replace it with a provision for domestic partnerships for all couples, regardless of gender. Same sex couples entering into a 'domestic partnership' will be entitled to the same benefits as married couples. Those who have been legally married in Bermuda since the Supreme Court decision in May 2017, will retain their married status and have the same legal rights as those in domestic partnerships. The Supreme Court ruling permitted same sex couples in Bermuda to marry, but it did not address the entitlement of same sex couples to the same benefits as opposite sex married couples. The Act now put those rights on a clear statutory footing. Less than a year ago, same sex couples had no legal recognition at all under Bermudian law.
The Minister for the Commonwealth and the UN raised the issue of human rights including LGBT rights and the need to ensure that our collective human rights obligations are upheld, in his meeting with the Bermuda Premier in October 2017, and at the Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council in November 2017.
Officials have engaged on a regular basis with the Government of Bermuda, and with all of the Overseas Territories to encourage and promote LGBT equality.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made representations to the Democratic Unionist Party leader, Arlene Foster on the extension of (a) civil partnerships and (b) same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made representations to the Democratic Unionist Party leader, Arlene Foster on the extension of (a) civil partnerships and (b) same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland.
The Government remains absolutely committed to LGBT equality and the Prime Minister has been very clear that any arrangement with the DUP will not affect LGBT rights in the UK. This is a devolved matter and is therefore for a reformed Northern Ireland Executive to determine.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received recent representations from (a) parliamentarians and (b) the public on the legalisation of gay marriage in the overseas territories.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received recent representations from (a) parliamentarians and (b) the public on the legalisation of gay marriage in the overseas territories.
We have not received any representations on legislation of gay marriage in the overseas territories since the Hon. Member for Tottenham (Mr Lammy) asked questions 52680 and 52682 in November 2016.