Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 70386

Marriage

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Mr Toby Perkins

LabourChesterfield

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-Jones
The 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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