Raising the minimum age for marriage and civil partnership in England and Wales

An earlier post reported that on 16 June Sajid Javid presented to the Commons the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill: “a Bill to make provision about the minimum age for marriage and civil partnership; and for connected purposes”. The Bill is to be read a second time on Friday 19 November, the background to which is reviewed in the House of Common Library Commons Library analysis of Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill 2021-22, published on 17 November 2021. Continue reading