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Forced Marriage

Question for Ministry of Justice

UIN 193, tabled on 10 May 2022

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.

Answered on

17 May 2022

The Government takes the issue of protecting the vulnerable, including the elderly, from being taken advantage of extremely seriously.

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.