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	registered interest
	date	09/05/2023
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Marriage: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has had discussions with the First Minister on the legal age of marriage in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
	uin	904930
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>I am pleased that the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act recently obtained Royal Assent - and I thank my honourable Friend for her important work in this area.</p><p>The Scottish Government is aware of the Act’s contents. As a devolved matter, it is for the Scottish Government to decide on the age of marriage.</p><p>Nonetheless, I would encourage the Scottish Government to follow suit.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 17/05/2023 13:16:21 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

1628520

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2023
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Forced Marriage: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will have discussions with the Scottish Government on the UK's obligations under the Sustainable Development Goals to ban child marriage by 2030.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
	uin	185567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>I am pleased that the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act recently came into force in England and Wales, and I note the important work and contribution from the Member for Mid Derbyshire. As a devolved matter, it is for the Scottish Government to decide on the age of marriage. Nonetheless, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice wrote to the then Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government last December, encouraging the Scottish Government to follow the UK Government’s lead. I hope the Scottish Government will take action on this soon, in order to meet our targets under the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 24/05/2023 09:18:26 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham