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1238839

	registered interest
	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, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to enable legal recognition of humanist marriages through section 14 of the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act 2013 as an interim step before further reform.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	96889
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 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> </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 05/10/2020 16:09:53 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1238836

	registered interest
	date	29/09/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Weddings: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason (a) humanist wedding ceremonies and (b) religious marriages are treated differently under the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	96886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>One is not a ceremony that has legal force; the other does have legal force. Humanist weddings can take place with 15 people present under these Regulations, as is the case for religious ceremonies and civil ceremonies.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 05/10/2020 16:53:44 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1238837

	registered interest
	date	29/09/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Weddings: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if the Government will allow people to gather in groups of up to 15 when attending a humanist wedding ceremony during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	96887
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>Humanist wedding ceremonies can take place at this time with 15 people present.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 05/10/2020 16:54:10 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1239326

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Stockton North
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families with children are affected by the benefit cap in Stockton North constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	97574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>The available information on the number of households, receiving Housing Benefit or Universal Credit, who are subject to the Benefit Cap, by Family Type and Parliamentary Constituency, is published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 97722 question first answered 05/10/2020 12:10:27 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham