This MUST End - All Sexual Liaisons Between First Cousins MUST Be Banned - Married Or No!

Ban first-cousin marriage, says Tory MP.

Practice is linked to birth defects and control of women, claims Richard Holden.

Telegraph Reporters

09 December 2024.

Marriage between first cousins would be banned in the UK under a proposal to be tabled in Parliament.

Richard Holden, a former Conservative minister, said such marriages have been linked to a higher rate of birth defects and can also “reinforce negative structures and control women”.

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The MP for Basildon and Billericay will seek to introduce the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Bill to the House of Commons on Tuesday for further consideration.

Existing legislation states the prohibited degrees of relationship for marriage include those to a sibling, parent or child, but not marriages between first cousins.Alex Davies-Jones, the justice minister, in response to a written parliamentary question about placing restrictions on first-cousin marriages, said the Government will take time to “properly consider our marriage law” before stating a public position. DT

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