Clause 21 - Foreign gender change and marriage
Gender Recognition Bill [Lords]
3:00 pm
Mr David Lammy (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs; Tottenham, Labour)
The Government's position is that no same-sex marriages have been recognised here. There is no authority on the subject. The position under English private international law is unclear. If something were to come to our attention of which we were previously unaware, I would bring it to the hon. Gentleman's attention. However, our position is that foreign same-sex marriages are not recognised in the UK.