Oral Answers to Questions — Naval and Military Pensions and Grants. – in the House of Commons am ar 12 Gorffennaf 1922.
Sir William Seager
, Cardiff East
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Nonconformist places of worship in England and in Wales, respectively, have been registered for the solemnisation of marriages; and how many have adopted the Marriage Act, 1898, under which a marriage may be solemnised without the presence of a registrar?
Sir A. MONO:
The figures asked for in the first part of the question are— England, 15,485; Wales, 2,620. The figures asked for in the second part of the question art!—England, 4,466; Wales, 371.
Sir William Seager
, Cardiff East
Can the right hon. Gentleman do anything to bring to the knowledge of Nonconformists the great advantages of this Act?
Sir Alfred Mond
, Gorllewin Abertawe
I do not think that rests with the Minister of Health.
