Question follow-through · 119772
Cohabitation and Marriage
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to raise public awareness of the legal distinctions between marriage and cohabitation in England and Wales ahead of the consultation on cohabitation rights reform.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 10 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 16 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to raise public awareness of the legal distinctions between marriage and cohabitation in England and Wales ahead of the consultation on cohabitation rights reform.
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Mar 2026
Answer published
As set out in our manifesto, the Government is committed to strengthening the rights and protections available to women in cohabiting couples. Cohabitation reform is a matter of utmost importance, and we will be consulting this Spring on how best to deliv...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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