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Marriage: Relatives

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of placing restrictions on marriage between first cousins.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
5 Nov 2024
Target answer date
11 Nov 2024
Answer
11 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of placing restrictions on marriage between first cousins.

  2. 11 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1949 sets out prohibited degrees of relationship for marriage. Section 1 of the Marriage Act 1949 sets out that any marriages that take place within prohibited degrees of relationship are void. Under the legislatio...

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