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Former Conservative minister Richard Holden's Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Bill is due to return before the House of Commons on Friday and seeks to outlaw first cousin marriage.

Current laws state the prohibited degrees of relationship for marriage include those to a sibling, parent or child, but not marriages between first cousins.

Marriages between first cousins could soon be banned in Britain if a new proposal makes it through Parliament. Tory MP Richard Holden introduced the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Bill ...

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Mr Mohamed was responding to Conservative former minister Richard Holden, who has introduced his Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Bill for further consideration in the Commons.

Existing legislation states the prohibited degrees of relationship for marriage include those to a sibling, parent or child, but not marriages between first cousins.

Existing legislation states the prohibited degrees of relationship for marriage include those to a sibling, parent or child, but not marriages between first cousins.

Under current UK law, marriages between siblings, parents, and children are prohibited by the Marriage Act 1949, but first-cousin marriages remain lawful.