Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Ministry of Defence

Nov. 17 2023

Source Page: FOI responses published by MOD: week commencing 13 November 2023
Document: Copy of the King's regulations for the Royal Air Force (PDF)

Found: (6) Ceremonies of regional national importance in: {a) England. {b) Scotland.

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Tweet
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Independent - Na h-Eileanan an Iar) - @AngusMacNeilSNP
21 Feb 2023, 6:08 p.m.

@mehercle @Evertype Gents?, is your disagreement not between civil and religious marriage?? - in France etc easier to distinguish as there are 2 ceremonies.

Link to Original Tweet

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Select Committee

Cornwall Council

LAN0049 - Minority languages

Written Evidence May. 16 2023

Inquiry: Minority languages
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Culture, Media and Sport Committee (Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)

Found: Northern Ireland) Act 2022 has been enacted. 6Couples have not been able to declare their legal marriage

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Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
UK Visas and Immigration

Nov. 18 2022

Source Page: Assessing age for asylum applicants: caseworker guidance
Document: Assessing age for asylum applicants: caseworker guidance (webpage)

Found: review: Home Office treatment of unaccompanied asylum seeking children Authorised persons: advice for marriage

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Written Question

Marriage: Ceremonies

Tuesday 20th December 2022

Asked by: Lord Pickles (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they will issue a full response to the Law Commission’s weddings law report Celebrating Marriage: A New Weddings Law, published on 19 July.

Answered by Lord Bellamy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

The Government is currently considering the Law Commission’s report on weddings law and has a duty to consider the implications of any changes to the law in this area very carefully. The report proposes fundamental reform to weddings law in England and Wales and it is important that we take the time to fully consider the Law Commission’s recommendations before publishing a response. We will publish our response to the report in due course.

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Deposited Papers
Home Office

Feb. 20 2008

Source Page: The path to citizenship: next steps in reforming the immigration system. (Consultation paper). 55 p.
Document: DEP2008-0483.pdf (PDF)

Found: their requirements for a residency visa; Sweden is encouraging its municipalities to hold more ceremonies

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Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Home Office

Jan. 11 2024

Source Page: Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: supporting evidence
Document: (webpage)

Found: 2018 of 30/08/2018 criminalizes offences including human trafficking, rape, marital rape and forced marriage

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Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration

Feb. 29 2024

Source Page: Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information, Albania and Pakistan (October 2023)
Document: Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information, Albania and Pakistan (October 2023) (PDF)

Found: information specifically about mixed nationality marriages in Pakistan but sources do report about how love marriage

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Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Home Office

Nov. 23 2022

Source Page: Apply for British citizenship as a person of Chagossian descent
Document: Registration as a British Overseas Territories citizen and British citizen: Chagossian descendant (PDF)

Found: confirming that your change of gender is likely to be permanent change of name deed poll marriage

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