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Bill · started in the Commons

Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill

A Bill to raise the minimum age of consent to marriage or civil partnership to eighteen; and for connected purposes.

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)

The story so farThe Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 5 September 2018 by Mrs Pauline Latham (Conservative). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Commons 5 Sep 2018
  2. 2nd reading Commons Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 29 Mar 2019.