United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 159016
Adultery: LGBT+ People
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25 February 2021
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2 March 2021 · Answer
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2 March 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans the Government has to bring forward legislative proposals to update the definition of adultery to include members of the LGBT+ community.
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25 February 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans the Government has to bring forward legislative proposals to update the definition of adultery to include members of the LGBT+ community.
Source: Commons
2 March 2021
Answer
Parliament considered this definition during passage of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013. Adultery in this context has a longstanding definition and can, within the terms of the 2013 Act, take place only between a man and a woman. A same sex extra...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-02-25/159016
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1290129
- uk · wq-1290129 · source updated 2 March 2021