Written Question·Women and Equalities·UIN 32163
Civil Partnerships: Marriage
Tabled: 21 February 2025
Answered: 3 March 2025
Question
Daisy Cooper
Liberal Democrat — St Albans
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to allow opposite sex civil partners to convert their partnerships into a marriage without requiring a dissolution order.
Answer
Seema MalhotraIn 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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