Weddings: Passenger Ships

(asked on 20th July 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report entitled Celebrating Marriage: A New Weddings Law published by the Law Commission on 18 July 2022, HC 557, what steps the Government is taking to implement the changes proposed to permit weddings to take place under the law of England and Wales on board cruise ships registered in the UK.


Answered by
Mike Freer Portrait
Mike Freer
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 4th September 2023

The Law Commission report on weddings contains 57 recommendations for legislative reform which we are currently considering, including recommendations in relation to cruise ships.

Marriage will always be one of our most important institutions, and we have a duty to consider the implications of any changes to the law in this area very carefully. We will set out our position on the Law Commission’s recommendations relating to weddings reform in due course.

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