Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 70386
Marriage
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025
Question
Mr Toby Perkins
Labour — Chesterfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will ensure that independent celebrants are included in the Government response to the Law Commission’s report entitled Celebrating Marriage: A New Weddings Law, published on 18 July 2022.
Answer
Alex Davies-JonesThe Law Commission’s 2022 report on weddings made 57 recommendations for reform of weddings law, including how independent celebrants could conduct legally binding weddings. The Government appreciates the importance of this issue and will provide an updat...
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