HC Deb 02 March 1953 vol 512 cc3-4
5. Lieut.-Colonel Lipton

asked the Attorney-General when the report of the Royal Commission on the marriage laws will be issued.

The Attorney-General

I am not in a position to say when the Royal Commission is likely to report, but I understand that it is quite impossible for the report to be available in the near future in view of the large body of evidence which has been tendered to the Commission.

Lieut.-Colonel Lipton

But, so far as he can do it, will the Attorney-General do his best to facilitate the publication of this report, to which many people look forward in the hope that it will lead to much-need reforms?

The Attorney-General

I will certainly facilitate publication of the report, but it first has to be made.