Written Question·Women and Equalities·UIN 47531
Civil Partnerships and Marriage
Tabled: 23 April 2025
Answered: 2 May 2025
Question
Dr Al Pinkerton
Liberal Democrat — Surrey Heath
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of enabling opposite-sex couples to convert a civil partnership to marriage.
Answer
Dame Nia GriffithIn 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 and same-sex couples ...
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