| Heading: |
Marriage: Humanism |
| Question ID: |
1790611 |
| UIN: |
42776 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-31 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5055 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Max Wilkinson
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| Asking Member handle: |
mpmwilko
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@mpmwilko
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of legally recognising humanist wedding ceremonies. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-03 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4849 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Alex Davies-Jones
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| Answering Member handle: |
AlexDaviesJones
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@AlexDaviesJones
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| Answer text: |
The Government is aware that humanists have long been campaigning to conduct legally binding weddings. We are grateful for the contributions that humanists make to our society.The Law Commission’s 2022 report on weddings raises a number of issues around w... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |