Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 832

Marriage: Humanism

Tabled: 19 July 2024

Answered: 29 July 2024

Question

Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of legally recognising humanist marriages.

Answer

Alex Davies-Jones

We are aware that weddings are an important issue for humanists and that the Law Commission has made recommendations for wholesale change of weddings law in July 2022. We will take the time as a new Government to properly consider this issue. We will set ...

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