HC Deb 14 July 1959 vol 609 c20W
57. Mrs. Mann

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consult with the Secretary of State for Scotland with a view to instituting an inquiry into the disparities between the marriage laws of Scotland and England, and thereafter introducing legislation to harmonise them.

Mr. R. A. Butler

From time to time I have consulted my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland about differences between the English and Scottish marriage laws and we do not consider that there is need for an inquiry such as the hon. Member suggests.