Humanist Marriages (EDM590)

Humanist Marriages

EDM number 590 in 2014-15, proposed by Julian Huppert on 02/12/2014.
Categorised under the topic of Marriage.

That this House supports humanists and their right to a legal marriage ceremony which reflects their beliefs and is performed by someone who shares them; urges the Government to lay down regulations for legislation of humanist marriage in a timely manner; notes that this would be a modest reform in line with existing marriage laws for Jews and Quakers and not a fundamental change; recalls the Government's pledge to support strong and stable families and its support for the institution of marriage; believes humanist marriage would greatly strengthen families in England and Wales by allowing couples to start their lives together in a deeply meaningful and personal ceremony; further notes the experience of humanist marriage in Scotland where its introduction led to a net increase in marriage in the context of a general decline; and encourages the Government to support humanists' rights to have independent legal wedding ceremonies outside registry offices like those allowed for persons of religious belief.

This motion has been signed by a total of 64 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Julian Huppert	02/12/2014	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	02/12/2014	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Alan Meale	03/12/2014	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Kelvin Hopkins	03/12/2014	Luton North	Labour	Seconded
Virendra Sharma	03/12/2014	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Seconded
Michael Weir	03/12/2014	Angus	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Ian Davidson	04/12/2014	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	04/12/2014	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	04/12/2014	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	04/12/2014	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Ward	04/12/2014	Bradford East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	04/12/2014	Gower	Labour	Signed
Neil Carmichael	04/12/2014	Stroud	Conservative	Signed
David Heyes	04/12/2014	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Mary Glindon	04/12/2014	North Tyneside	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	05/12/2014	Ellesmere Port and Neston	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	05/12/2014	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Weatherley	05/12/2014	Hove	Conservative	Signed
Grahame Morris	08/12/2014	Easington	Labour	Signed
Nick Brown	08/12/2014	Newcastle upon Tyne East	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	08/12/2014	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Graham Allen	08/12/2014	Nottingham North	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	08/12/2014	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Caroline Lucas	08/12/2014	Brighton, Pavilion	Green	Signed
Jonathan Edwards	08/12/2014	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Sarah Champion	09/12/2014	Rotherham	Labour	Signed
John Leech	09/12/2014	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Yeo	09/12/2014	South Suffolk	Conservative	Signed
Michael Crockart	10/12/2014	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Williamson	10/12/2014	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Jenny Chapman	10/12/2014	Darlington	Labour	Signed
Dave Watts	10/12/2014	St Helens North	Labour	Signed
Kevin Barron	10/12/2014	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	10/12/2014	Sheffield South East	Labour	Signed
Ian Swales	10/12/2014	Redcar	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Ruane	11/12/2014	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	11/12/2014	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	11/12/2014	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Naomi Long	11/12/2014	Belfast East	Alliance	Signed
Mike Gapes	11/12/2014	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Bob Ainsworth	15/12/2014	Coventry North East	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	15/12/2014	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Roger Godsiff	15/12/2014	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Mike Thornton	15/12/2014	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	15/12/2014	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Ruddock	15/12/2014	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	15/12/2014	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	15/12/2014	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	15/12/2014	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Brady	15/12/2014	Altrincham and Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Frank Dobson	15/12/2014	Holborn and St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Stephen Gilbert	16/12/2014	St Austell and Newquay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	16/12/2014	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	17/12/2014	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	17/12/2014	York Central	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	17/12/2014	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Cryer	17/12/2014	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	17/12/2014	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	18/12/2014	North East Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Geraint Davies	18/12/2014	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	05/01/2015	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	06/01/2015	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Hendry	06/01/2015	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Charles Kennedy	20/01/2015	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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