Question follow-through · 27048
Marriage: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 2nd September 2026, to question number 19530, on Marriages: Reform, whether the proposed system of checks will apply equally to all marriages regardless of the venue or type of ceremony.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 7 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 2nd September 2026, to question number 19530, on Marriages: Reform, whether the proposed system of checks will apply equally to all marriages regardless of the venue or type of ceremony.
7 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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10 Sept 2026
Answer published
As outlined in the Government’s consultation, Tying the Knot: Reforming weddings law in England and Wales, the proposed system of checks would be carried out through the civil preliminaries process. This would involve two stages: first, providing the requ...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
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