The substantive text of this bill was included within the Government’s Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Act which received Royal Assent during the 2017-2019 Parliament.
SummaryThe Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for the marriage of same sex couples in Northern Ireland; to make provision in the law of Northern Ireland for the conversion of civil partnerships to marriages and for the review of civil partnership; to make provision for the legal recognition of the marriage of armed forces personnel overseas and of other marriages solemnised outside Northern Ireland; and for connected purposes.
Jun. 06 2024
Source Page: Confirm you’re free to get married in ThailandFound: You should allow enough time to do this between your embassy appointment and your marriage ceremony.
Aug. 02 2024
Source Page: Heinous killers banned from marrying in prisonFound: their families Marriage and civil partnership ban comes into force today Prisoners serving whole
May. 31 2024
Source Page: Consular services feesFound: partnerships and deaths Fee number Consular service Cost 10 Receiving notice of an intended marriage
Laid - 7 May 2024 In Force Not stated
These Regulations amend the Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) Regulations 2016 (“the Fees Regulations”) and the Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships Records Regulations 2016 (“the Records Regulations”).
Found: Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees and Records) (Amendment) Regulations
May. 23 2024
Source Page: General Register Office (HMPO) transparency data: Q1 2024Found: This document contains details on: number of orders for official copies of birth, adoption, death, marriage
Apr. 11 2024
Source Page: Monthly Civil Partnerships (Northern Ireland): March 2024Found: Monthly Civil Partnerships (Northern Ireland): March 2024
Apr. 30 2024
Source Page: Civil justice statistics in Scotland 2022-23Found: Civil justice statistics in Scotland 2022-23
Jun. 05 2024
Source Page: Provisional Civil Ceremonies by Venue and WeekdayFound: Provisional Civil Ceremonies by Venue and Weekday
Asked by: Alex Mayer (Labour - Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will make an (a) estimate of the potential costs and (b) assessment of the potential merits of extending inheritance tax relief to long-term cohabiting and co-dependent siblings.
Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
There is a longstanding inheritance tax exemption for transfers between spouses and civil partners to reflect the formal legal obligations that marriage and civil partnerships involve. As with all taxes, reforms to inheritance tax, such as the potential extension of this exemption to transfers between cohabiting siblings, will be kept under review as part of the normal policy making process and the Chancellor will announce any changes to the tax system at fiscal events in the normal way.