{"value":{"id":1195347,"askingMemberId":4719,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2020-05-12T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2020-05-27T00:00:00","uin":"HL4350","questionText":"To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to legislate to tackle predatory marriage.","answeringBodyId":54,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Justice","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4538,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2020-05-27T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Government has no current legislative plans to change the existing safeguards.</p><p>A registration official has a duty to stop proceedings if they are of opinion that either of the parties to a marriage does not have the capacity to marry.</p><p>The Law Commission is currently reviewing how and where weddings take place, including the formalities and safeguarding checks required before a marriage is conducted. We will carefully consider any recommendations made in the final report.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Forced Marriage","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1195347","method":"GET"}]}