The Government has now published its response to the Law Commission’s report on weddings law. In a letter dated 4 October (the text of which was not mentioned in the MoJ Press release on the same day), Baroness Levitt, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, wrote as follows:

“I am writing to confirm that the Government has today announced that it will be reforming weddings law when parliamentary time allows, with a view to undertaking a public consultation on the detail of reform early next year. Continue reading →