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Marriage: Humanism

Question for Ministry of Justice

UIN HL8367, tabled on 5 June 2018

To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to using order-making powers to give legal recognition to marriages officiated by Humanists UK, irrespective of any wider plans for wholesale marriage reform.

Answered on

15 June 2018

Amending the existing law on marriage to make provision for legally valid humanist ceremonies may involve a range of issues that the Government is carefully considering.