Humanist Marriage

Baroness Hussein-Ece Excerpts

Monday 1st December 2014 Lords Chamber

[Lord Ashton of Hyde]

I do not accept, I am afraid, that we have been slow. We are doing what we said we would in the Act. We said that we would give an answer by 1 January 2015; that was in the legislation. We said that we would consult; we did, and that is what we are going to do.

[Baroness Hussein-Ece (LD)]

My Lords, is it not the case that thousands of people now opt for humanist funerals? Is this not simply about extending that freedom of choice for people to have a humanist marriage, should they wish?

[Lord Ashton of Hyde]

I think that there is a difference, both in law and fact, between a funeral and a marriage.