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date	29/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Marriage: Humanism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recent High Court judgment R (Harrison and others) v. Secretary of State for Justice [2020] EWHC 2096.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	96888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government announced in June 2019 that the Law Commission will conduct a fundamental review of the law on how and where people can legally marry in England and Wales. As part of that review, the Government invited the Law Commission to make recommendations about how marriage by humanist and other non-religious belief organisations could be incorporated into a revised or new scheme for all marriages that is simple, fair and consistent. The Government will decide on provision on the basis of the Law Commission's recommendations.</p><p>The Law Commission has now published a consultation paper as part of its review and will welcome responses from all.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 06/10/2020 15:12:22 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

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date	24/09/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coronavirus Act 2020
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy is on where to publish the list of authorities using the powers in section 10 of Schedule 8 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 relating to temporary modification of mental health and mental capacity legislation in the event that the Government activated those powers.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	95072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>These powers have not been commenced in England and therefore no authorities have used them. Throughout the pandemic, the Department and NHS England and NHS Improvement have been working very closely with National Health Service trusts and local systems to monitor pressure on services and any consequent need to commence these powers. On 30 September 2020, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced during the motion on the Coronavirus Act 2020, <em>Official Report</em>, 30 September, columns 392-393, that these provisions will be removed from the Act for England.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 06/10/2020 15:35:09 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham