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Civil Partnerships and Marriage

Asked by Jonathan DaviesLabourWomen and EqualitiesTabled Answered 10 February 2026UIN 109703

The question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what guidance her Department provides to opposite-sex civil partners wishing to marry but unable to convert their civil partnership without first declaring an irretrievable breakdown of their relationship.

Answered by Olivia Bailey

I refer the Hon. member back to the answer to PQ 32163, answered on 3rd March 2025.

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