National Marriage Week

Baroness Sherlock Excerpts

Tuesday 20th April 2021 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con)]

I can assure the noble and learned Lord that that is the case. In the tax system and throughout all the support systems the Government are providing for families, we are looking at both marriages and civil partnerships.

[Baroness Sherlock (Lab) [V]]

My Lords, what assessment have the Government made of the impact of the two-child limit on divorced or widowed parents who wish to get married?

[Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con)]

I think that having an exception for a new family, where two families get together, would be perceived as unfair to those families with three or more children who stay together and receive support from CTC or UC for two children, when more recently formed families would potentially receive support for more than two children. Therefore, I do not think the Government will consider this.