Marriage: Humanism

Home Office written question – answered at on 5 October 2018.

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Photo of Roger Godsiff Roger Godsiff Labour, Birmingham, Hall Green

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to grant legal recognition to humanist marriage ceremonies in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Photo of Victoria Atkins Victoria Atkins The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, Minister for Women

Amending the existing law on marriage in England and Wales to make provision for legally valid humanist ceremonies may involve a range of issues that the Government is carefully considering. Northern Ireland has its own law on marriage.

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