Question follow-through · 908224

Civil Partnerships and Marriage

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on conversion between civil partnership and marriage.

answeredWomen and Equalities

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Answering body
Women and Equalities
Tabled
5 Mar 2026
Target answer date
11 Mar 2026
Answer
11 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on conversion between civil partnership and marriage.

  2. 11 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    In 2019, when civil partnerships were made available for opposite-sex couples in England and Wales, the Government ran a public consultation on the future of conversion rights between marriage and civil partnerships for both opposite-sex and same-sex coup...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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