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registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2019-09-06
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice remove filter
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Marriage: Humanism more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons the Law Commission is undertaking a review into humanist marriages. more like this
tabling member constituency Totnes more like this
tabling member printed
Dr Sarah Wollaston more like this
uin 287919 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-10-03more like thismore than 2019-10-03
answer text <p>The Law Commission review that the Government announced this June is a fundamental review of the law on how and where people can legally marry in England and Wales. The law has been added to over several centuries without any systematic reform.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>The Law Commission has published the terms of reference for the review at https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/weddings/.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills more like this
answering member printed Wendy Morton more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-10-03T14:47:04.893Zmore like thismore than 2019-10-03T14:47:04.893Z
answering member
4358
label Biography information for Wendy Morton more like this
tabling member
4073
label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston more like this