United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 70386
Marriage
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29 August 2025
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8 September 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will ensure that independent celebrants are included in the Government response to the Law Commission’s report entitled Celebrating Marriage: A New Weddings Law, published on 18 July 2022.
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29 August 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will ensure that independent celebrants are included in the Government response to the Law Commission’s report entitled Celebrating Marriage: A New Weddings Law, published on 18 July 2022.
Source: Commons
8 September 2025
Answer
The Law Commission’s 2022 report on weddings made 57 recommendations for reform of weddings law, including how independent celebrants could conduct legally binding weddings. The Government appreciates the importance of this issue and will provide an updat...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-08-29/70386
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1827159
- uk · wq-1827159 · source updated 8 September 2025