Civil Partnerships
Commons · Question 1351 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Women and Equalities · Official record
Answered 20 May 2026
Question
Asked by Charlotte Cane
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what consideration her Department has given to permitting the conversion of opposite-sex civil partnerships to marriages.
Answer
Answered by Seema Malhotra, 20 May 2026
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-sex and same-sex coup...