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registered interest
date	12/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Forced Marriage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to (a) create an offence for Predatory Marriages, (b) ensure that no one who is showing insufficient mental capacity marries against their will or unknowingly, and (c) amend the relevant marriages laws so that it does not automatically revoke an existing Will when the marriage is registered.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	62075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>Under the current law, causing a person who lacks capacity to consent to a marriage is a criminal offence of forced marriage under the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014, for which the maximum penalty is seven years imprisonment.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to wills, the principle in English and Welsh law that marriage has the effect of revoking wills is long established. The issue of whether marriage or civil partnership should invoke automatic revocation of the wills of those involved is being considered as part of a review by the Law Commission on reforming the law of wills.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will review the case for reforming the current law when it has received the recommendations in the Law Commission’s final report.</p> answering member constituency Dartford answering member printed Gareth Johnson question first answered 20/10/2022 10:40:44 answering member 3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1461275

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Forced Marriage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to extend the legislation on forced marriage to include the offence of predatory marriage.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of protecting the vulnerable, including the elderly, from being taken advantage of extremely seriously.</p><p> </p><p>We will review the case for reforming the law in relation to predatory marriage in the light of two forthcoming reports from the Law Commission. One review is in relation to the law around marriage, due to report in July 2022, and the other on the law of wills, the report date of which is yet to be confirmed. Both reviews are exploring the potential to provide improved protection for vulnerable people, and we will respond to the recommendations of the reports once they have been received.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 17/05/2022 16:07:30 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1387601

registered interest
date	14/12/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Forced Marriage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to (a) tackle and (b) bring forward tougher legislation on predatory marriage.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	92940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2021 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of protecting the vulnerable, including the elderly, from being taken advantage of extremely seriously.</p><p> </p><p>The Law Commission is working on two major law reform reviews commissioned by the Government which are relevant to our developing reform proposals in relation to predatory marriage. One is in relation to the law of weddings the other on the law of wills.</p><p> </p><p>Both projects have been exploring potential proposals to provide improved protection for vulnerable people, and we will review the case for reform when we have received the reports and recommendations from the Law Commission.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 22/12/2021 15:44:09 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1222177

registered interest
date	08/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Forced Marriage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to bring forward measures to safeguard against predatory marriages, particularly those involving older people.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL6614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2020 answer text <p>A registration official has a duty to stop proceedings if they are of opinion that either of the parties to a marriage does not have the capacity to marry. The Government has no current legislative plans to change the existing safeguards.</p><p>The Law Commission is currently reviewing how and where weddings take place, including the formalities and safeguarding checks required before a marriage is conducted. The Government looks forward to publication of the Law Commission’s consultation paper in September.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 14/07/2020 11:40:21 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1195347

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Forced Marriage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to legislate to tackle predatory marriage.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL4350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government has no current legislative plans to change the existing safeguards.</p><p>A registration official has a duty to stop proceedings if they are of opinion that either of the parties to a marriage does not have the capacity to marry.</p><p>The Law Commission is currently reviewing how and where weddings take place, including the formalities and safeguarding checks required before a marriage is conducted. We will carefully consider any recommendations made in the final report.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 27/05/2020 15:19:29 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle