Civil Partnerships: Marriage
Commons · Question 32163 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Women and Equalities · Official record
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Daisy Cooper
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to allow opposite sex civil partners to convert their partnerships into a marriage without requiring a dissolution order.
Answer
Answered by Seema Malhotra, 3 Mar 2025
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 ...