Written Question·Attorney General·UIN 89645
Marriage: Relatives
Tabled: 11 November 2025
Answered: 19 November 2025
Question
Mr Richard Holden
Conservative — Basildon and Billericay
To ask the Solicitor General, what discussions her Department has had with other Government departments on proposals to make first cousin marriage unlawful.
Answer
Ellie ReevesBy long-standing convention, the fact that I, or a fellow Law Officer, may have advised or not advised, as well as the content of our advice, is not disclosed outside government.As explained in Erskine May: “By long-standing convention, observed by succes...
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