Question follow-through · 19531
Marriage: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed reforms on the financial viability of local authority registration services.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 2 Sept 2026 · 48 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed reforms on the financial viability of local authority registration services.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Sept 2026
Answer published
On 16 July, the Government published the consultation ‘Tying the Knot: Reforming weddings law in England and Wales alongside an impact assessment of the proposed reforms. The impact assessment estimates that the reforms could lead to a 3% increase in the ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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