Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 12787
Marriage: Relatives
Tabled: 5 November 2024
Answered: 11 November 2024
Named DayQuestion
Mr Richard Holden
Conservative — Basildon and Billericay
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of placing restrictions on marriage between first cousins.
Answer
Alex Davies-JonesPart 1 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1949 sets out prohibited degrees of relationship for marriage. Section 1 of the Marriage Act 1949 sets out that any marriages that take place within prohibited degrees of relationship are void. Under the legislatio...
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