Asked by: Baroness Meacher (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to using order-making powers to give legal recognition to marriages officiated by Humanists UK, irrespective of any wider plans for wholesale marriage reform.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)
Amending the existing law on marriage to make provision for legally valid humanist ceremonies may involve a range of issues that the Government is carefully considering.
Asked by: Baroness Meacher (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Burials and Cremations (Scotland) Act 2016 as a possible basis for reform of the law of England and Wales.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)
The Scottish legislative framework, among a range of other evidence, is being taken into account in developing burial and cremation policy in England and Wales.
Asked by: Baroness Meacher (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of support for a change in the law on assisted dying for people with a terminal illness.
Answered by Lord Faulks
The Government has not itself made any assessment of the level of support for a change in the law on assisted dying.