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Marriage

Asked by Mr Toby PerkinsLabourMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 8 September 2025UIN 70386

The 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.

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones

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 update in due course.

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