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Civil Partnerships and Marriage

Asked by Dr Al PinkertonLiberal DemocratWomen and EqualitiesTabled Answered 2 May 2025UIN 47531

The question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of enabling opposite-sex couples to convert a civil partnership to marriage.

Answered by Dame Nia Griffith

In 2019, when civil partnerships were made available for opposite-sex couples in England and Wales, the Government ran a public consultation on the future of conversion rights between marriage and civil partnerships for both opposite and same-sex couples in England and Wales.

This Government is considering all options, and we will update the House in due course.

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