Question follow-through · 98451
Marriage: Humanism
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his department has made of the potential merits of recognising humanist marriages using existing powers.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 9 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 17 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his department has made of the potential merits of recognising humanist marriages using existing powers.
11 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Government announced on 2 October that it intends to reform weddings law when parliamentary time allows. The reforms reflect a commitment to making weddings law fairer, simpler and more modern, whilst also protecting the solemnity and dignity of marri...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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