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  Changes to Laws on Consular Marriage Following Introduction of Same Sex Marriages in Parts of the UK
  
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  @ MP voted aye in favour of updating the law on marriages outside the UK in the presence of a consular official following the introduction of same sex marriages in England and Wales.
  @ MP voted no against updating the law on marriages outside the UK in the presence of a consular official following the introduction of same sex marriages in England and Wales.
  
  The majority of MPs voted in favour of updating the law on marriages outside the UK in the presence of a consular official (Consular Marriages) following the introduction of same sex marriages in England and Wales. The arrangement applies where at least one member of the couple is a UK national, the marriage would have been legal in at least part of the UK, the authorities in the country or territory where the marriage is proposed to take place don't object and insufficient facilities exist for them to enter into a marriage under the law of that place.[1]
  
  Consular marriages already existed; the proposed new laws follow the introduction of same sex marriage in England and Wales.
  
  The motion approved by the majority of MPs was:
  
  :That the draft Consular Marriages and Marriages under Foreign Law Order 2014, which was laid before this House on 23 January, be approved.
  
  
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  * [1] [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111108758/memorandum/contents Explanatory memorandum to the The Consular Marriages and Marriages under Foreign Law Order 2014]
  
  
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