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HL HL4253
Marriage: Licensing
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21 January 2025
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29 January 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to implement the proposal of the Law Commission in its Celebrating Marriage: A New Weddings Law, published on 18 July 2022 (HC 557), to place regulatory conditions on the officiant rather than the location
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21 January 2025
Written question
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to implement the proposal of the Law Commission in its Celebrating Marriage: A New Weddings Law, published on 18 July 2022 (HC 557), to place regulatory conditions on the officiant rather than the location
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29 January 2025
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The Law Commission’s 2022 report on weddings law made 57 recommendations for the wholesale reform of weddings law, including recommendations for an officiant-based weddings model. This would shift the focus of regulation from the building or venue where t...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-01-21/HL4253
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1757598
- uk · wq-1757598 · source updated 29 January 2025