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Marriage: Humanism

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of legally recognising humanist wedding ceremonies.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
2 Apr 2025
Answer
3 Apr 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 31 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of legally recognising humanist wedding ceremonies.

  2. 2 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is aware that humanists have long been campaigning to conduct legally binding weddings. We are grateful for the contributions that humanists make to our society.The Law Commission’s 2022 report on weddings raises a number of issues around w...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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