United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 167267
Marriage: Children
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11 March 2021
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16 March 2021 · Answer
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16 March 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to review the age of consent for marriage; and what steps is he taking to help protect young people from coercion and forced marriage.
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11 March 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to review the age of consent for marriage; and what steps is he taking to help protect young people from coercion and forced marriage.
Source: Commons
16 March 2021
Answer
Forced marriage, whatever the age, was made an offence in 2014. Since 2017, lifelong anonymity has been available to victims of forced marriage. Evidence shows that the number of people marrying in England and Wales at 16 or 17 has been in decline over th...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-03-11/167267
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1301982
- uk · wq-1301982 · source updated 16 March 2021