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registered interest false more like this
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Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading NHS: Pensions more like this
house id 1 more like this
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to recognise Humanist marriages for the purpose of paying an NHS survivors pension to spouses of deceased pension holders. more like this
tabling member constituency Easington more like this
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Grahame Morris more like this
uin 247003 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
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answer text <p>Whilst Humanist marriage ceremonies do not have legal force in England and Wales, the NHS Pension Schemes do provide generous survivor benefits for cohabiting couples who are not legally married. The Department routinely considers making changes to NHS Pension Scheme rules to take account of developments in the law governing marriage and civil partnerships.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Wimbledon more like this
answering member printed Stephen Hammond more like this
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less than 2019-04-29T14:23:27.953Zmore like thismore than 2019-04-29T14:23:27.953Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Stephen Hammond more like this
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label Biography information for Grahame Morris remove filter