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101741

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/11/2014
	date	30/10/2014
	date tabled	30/10/2014
	ddp created	30/10/2014 20:00:59
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:23:05
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Marriage
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2550
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/11/2014 15:10:01
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will consider making the payment of dowries by brides' families unlawful.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2550
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2550
	version	3
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer
	creator	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

105791

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/11/2014
	date	03/11/2014
	date tabled	03/11/2014
	ddp created	03/11/2014 22:41:39
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:24:33
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Marriage
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2604
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/11/2014 15:10:01
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to consider introducing legislation in England and Wales similar to India’s Dowry Prohibition Act 1961 so as to prohibit the giving or taking of a dowry, and India’s Domestic Violence Act 2005 so as to treat demanding a dowry as domestic violence.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2604
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2604
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer
	creator	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

1226205

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/08/2020
	date	20/07/2020
	date tabled	20/07/2020
	ddp created	20/07/2020 21:43:02
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	21/07/2020 16:15:16 04/08/2020 10:03:06
	hansard heading	Marriage
	house id	2
	identifier	HL7035
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	04/08/2020 09:31:24
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government in which circumstances marriages in England and Wales are legally recognised by virtue of (1) the building in which the marriage takes place, (2) the registrar or officiant conducting the ceremony, and (3) the religion of the marriage.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 HL7035
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL7035
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer
	creator	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

1233874

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/09/2020
	date	14/09/2020
	date tabled	14/09/2020
	ddp created	14/09/2020 21:15:47
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	15/09/2020 23:25:11 30/09/2020 16:36:07
	hansard heading	Marriage
	house id	2
	identifier	HL8046
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	30/09/2020 16:04:34
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 3 August (HL7029) and by Lord Keen of Elie on 4 August (HL7031), what is the timetable for (1) their proposed interim reform of the law governing approved premises for marriages and civil partnerships, (2) the proposed limited reform and non-legislative options relating to religious weddings, and (3) the implementation of the provisions in the Civil Partnership, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc) Act 2019 for the introduction of an electronic system of marriage registration and the update of the marriage entry to include the names of both sets of parents of a couple.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Blackstone
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 HL8046
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL8046
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer
	creator	3561 label Biography information for Baroness Blackstone
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	3561 label Biography information for Baroness Blackstone

1401656

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/01/2022
	date	10/01/2022
	date tabled	10/01/2022
	ddp created	10/01/2022 23:11:00
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	11/01/2022 23:05:22 24/01/2022 17:03:12
	hansard heading	Marriage
	house id	2
	identifier	HL5231
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	24/01/2022 16:31:12
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper published on 14 March 2018, whether they can provide an update on their progress in exploring "the legal and practical challenges of limited reform relating to the law on marriage and religious weddings."
	session	2021/22
	session number	2
	tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2021/22 HL5231
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL5231
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer
	creator	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

347916

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/06/2015
	date	02/06/2015
	date tabled	02/06/2015
	ddp created	02/06/2015 22:07:23
	ddp modified	16/06/2015 22:30:22
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Marriage
	house id	2
	identifier	HL202
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	16/06/2015 12:46:01
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their definition of marriage.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 HL202
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL202
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer
	creator	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

445793

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/02/2016
	date	19/01/2016
	date tabled	19/01/2016
	ddp created	19/01/2016 22:19:58
	ddp modified	28/01/2016 20:54:23
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Marriage
	house id	2
	identifier	HL5203
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	28/01/2016 17:00:54
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the Archbishop of Canterbury on the recent communiqué from Anglican Primates about homosexuality and same-sex marriage.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 HL5203
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL5203
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer
	creator	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

789892

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/11/2017
	date	15/11/2017
	date tabled	15/11/2017
	ddp created	15/11/2017 21:59:09
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	16/11/2017 15:15:08 23/11/2017 17:49:02
	hansard heading	Marriage
	house id	2
	identifier	HL3276
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/11/2017 17:17:40
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to relax the requirement that couples wishing to have a civil marriage in England and Wales must be resident in the registration district for at least seven days before giving notice of marriage, to enable couples from Northern Ireland, including same-sex couples, to give notice by post or other means.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL3276
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3276
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer
	creator	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

1109277

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/04/2019
	date	02/04/2019
	date tabled	02/04/2019
	ddp created	02/04/2019 20:38:00
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	02/04/2019 20:47:05 10/04/2019 16:24:04
	hansard heading	Marriage
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14994
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	10/04/2019 15:50:11
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the recent decision by the government of the Cayman Islands to recognise LGBT relationships in law, what steps they are taking to ensure that LGBT citizens of Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos, Monserrat, and Northern Ireland have the right to enter into a same sex marriage.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14994
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14994
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer
	creator	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1226199

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/08/2020
	date	20/07/2020
	date tabled	20/07/2020
	ddp created	20/07/2020 21:42:54
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	20/07/2020 22:02:48 03/08/2020 13:04:06
	hansard heading	Marriage
	house id	2
	identifier	HL7029
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	03/08/2020 12:33:24
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made on plans to (1) move to an electronic system of marriage registration, (2) add mothers' names to marriage certificates, (3) allow conversions between opposite-sex marriages and civil partnerships, and (4) bring into force reforms to divorce, dissolution, and separation.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Blackstone
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 HL7029
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL7029
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer
	creator	3561 label Biography information for Baroness Blackstone
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	3561 label Biography information for Baroness Blackstone