Military Bases: Religious Buildings
Commons · Question 12287 · Tabled 23 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Tom Gordon
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of barriers to same-sex couples marrying in Armed Forces chapels; and whether his Department has investigated whether service personnel wishing to enter into same-sex marri
Answer
Answered by Calvin Bailey, 1 Jul 2026
The Single Services have identified that the main barrier to same-sex couples marrying in Armed Forces chapels is the length of the process required to register such chapels for same-sex marriage. We have streamlined the process as much as possible, but i...