Written Question·Church Commissioners·UIN 19830
Marriage: Relatives
Tabled: 12 December 2024
Answered: 19 December 2024
Named DayQuestion
Mr Richard Holden
Conservative — Basildon and Billericay
To ask the Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church plans to amend the Table of Kindred and Affinity to exclude first cousins from marriage.
Answer
Marsha De CordovaThe ‘Table of Kindred and Affinity’ is part of the Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer can be changed by a Measure from the General Synod of the Church of England, which would come to Parliament for approval in the usual manner. The Church of...
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