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Pauline Latham MP and Baroness Sugg

Damaging and outdated child marriage is now illegal for under 18s in the UK

27 Feb 2023 Home affairs

Damaging and outdated child marriage is now illegal for under 18s in the UK

Most people, indeed most parliamentarians, are shocked to hear that child marriage is legal in the United Kingdom.