22 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Justice whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that approximately 200 decrees of annulment are being granted each year by the Marriage Tribunals of the Roman Catholic Church and that a number of people who have obtained such annulments have, contrary to the law, celebrated second marriages in church; and the steps he proposes to take to prevent such second marriages being celebrated and to ensure that those who break the law are prosecuted.

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22 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Justice whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that approximately 200 decrees of annulment are being granted each year by the Marriage Tribunals of the Roman Catholic Church and that a number of people who have obtained such annulments have, contrary to the law, celebrated second marriages in church; and the steps he proposes to take to prevent such second marriages being celebrated and to ensure that those who break the law are prosecuted.

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