United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 12787
Marriage: Relatives
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5 November 2024
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of placing restrictions on marriage between first cousins.
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5 November 2024
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of placing restrictions on marriage between first cousins.
Source: Commons
11 November 2024
Answer
Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1949 sets out prohibited degrees of relationship for marriage. Section 1 of the Marriage Act 1949 sets out that any marriages that take place within prohibited degrees of relationship are void. Under the legislatio...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-11-05/12787
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1739740
- uk · wq-1739740 · source updated 11 November 2024