Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to (a) tackle and (b) bring forward tougher legislation on predatory marriage.

The Government takes the issue of protecting the vulnerable, including the elderly, from being taken advantage of extremely seriously.

The Law Commission is working on two major law reform reviews commissioned by the Government which are relevant to our developing reform proposals in relation to predatory marriage. One is in relation to the law of weddings the other on the law of wills.

Both projects have been exploring potential proposals to provide improved protection for vulnerable people, and we will review the case for reform when we have received the reports and recommendations from the Law Commission.