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Select Committee

Humanists UK

RWA0005 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum & Immigration) Bill

Written Evidence Jan. 29 2024

Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: promote humanism by 120,000 members and supporters and over 115 members of the All-Party Parliamentary Humanist

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Grand Committee
Religious Education in Schools - Thu 18 Jan 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Harries of Pentregarth (XB - Life peer) religion is so often a factor, this is more important than ever.I am delighted that a number of my humanist - Speech Link
2: Lord Griffiths of Burry Port (Lab - Life peer) I am a member of the British humanist society and its APPG here for the simple reason that I, like they - Speech Link
3: Lord Storey (LD - Life peer) young people and more than 50% of people as a whole are non-religious, and an increasing number have humanist - Speech Link
4: Baroness Meacher (XB - Life peer) May 2023 a High Court ruling found that it was unlawful for Kent County Council to refuse to accept a humanist - Speech Link

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Written Question

Marriage: Humanism

Monday 16th October 2023

Asked by: Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour - Gower)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of legally recognising humanist marriages.

Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

In July 2019 we invited the Law Commission to undertake a wholesale review on weddings law in England and Wales. As part of that review, the Government invited the Law Commission to make recommendations about how marriage by humanist and other non-religious belief organisations could be incorporated into a revised or new scheme for all marriages that is simple, fair and consistent.

The Law Commission report was published in July 2022 and contains 57 recommendations for extensive legislative reform. The Government is carefully considering these recommendations, and a response will be published in due course.

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Deposited Papers

Nov. 27 2007

Source Page: Table showing secondments a) into and b) out of the Department for Media, Culture and Sport, for each year from 1997 to 2007. 11 p.
Document: DEP2007-0159.xls (Excel)

Found: LeagueQueen Mary's HospRadio AuthorityRoyal Parks AgencySouth Bank CentreSport EnglandSports UKSt Pancras & Humanist

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Select Committee

Humanists UK

MHL0004 - Membership of the House of Lords

Written Evidence Oct. 24 2023

Inquiry: Membership of the House of Lords
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: Recommendations We endorse recommendations made by the All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group (APPHG

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