Marriage is one of our most important institutions. As you have noted, the previous Government consulted in 2014 on marriages by non-religious belief organisations and concluded there were broader implications for marriage law.
It was to this end that the Law Commission undertook initial scoping work to identify the issues for potential reform of the law concerning how and where people can get married in England and Wales. It published its report on this initial work in 2015. The Government is carefully considering the report and will respond in due course.
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