Written question asked by Sharon Hodgson (Labour) on Thursday, 19 June 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 June 2014. It was answered by James Brokenshire (Conservative) on Tuesday, 29 July 2014 on behalf of the Home Office.

Marriage: Islam

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with (a) ministerial colleagues in the Ministry of Justice, (b) the Muslim Institute, (c) the Muslim Council of Great Britain and (d) the Muslim Parliament of Great Britain on the legal status of Islamic marriages in England and Wales.

Answer: Home Office Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of
international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public
and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and
operational delivery. Details of Ministerial meetings with external
organisations and individuals are passed to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly
basis and are subsequently published on the Cabinet Office website, which is
available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/home-office-mnisters-hospitality-data

There are no plans to change the law to recognise in English law Muslim
marriages and divorces which do not conform to the Marriage Act 1949.

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