Question follow-through · 68940

Marriage: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2025 to Question 42776 on Marriage: Humanism, what progress she has made on reviewing the recommendations of the Law Commission's report on marriage reform, published in July 202

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Ministry of Justice
Tabled
17 Jul 2025
Target answer date
21 Jul 2025
Answer
24 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 17 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2025 to Question 42776 on Marriage: Humanism, what progress she has made on reviewing the recommendations of the Law Commission's report on marriage reform, published in July 202

  2. 21 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Government appreciates the importance of this issue and will provide an update in due course.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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