Written questions

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...