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<p>On 23 January 2014, when the consultation document was published, I made a Ministerial
Written Statement to bring it to the attention of honourable members. This statement
was repeated in the House of Lords, by my colleague, Baroness Northover. The publication
of the consultation was also announced on the Culture, Media and Sport website. DCMS
officials directly contacted around 50 organisations with an interest in the issues
and asked other Departments to do the same. Officials also offered meetings to the
principal stakeholders, several of which took up the offer, and emailed more than
1300 organisations and individuals who had registered an interest in receiving updates
on equal marriage or related issues and highlighted the consultation in the February
edition of the Women's Engagement Newsletter, which is circulated to more than 2000
organisations and individuals.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>
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