Pauline Latham MP gives the first reading of a bill to end child marriage
On 6 October 2020, Pauline Latham MP gave the first reading of a bill to end child marriage in the House of Commons. This video records the reading. A petition to end child marriage was also launched.
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The campaign
Karma Nirvana co-chairs the Girls Not Brides consortium. It works alongside IKWRO, Forward and Independent Yemen Group to raise the minimum age of marriage and make child marriage illegal in England and Wales.
The MPs bringing the bill
The MPs preparing the bill and bringing it through Parliament are:
- Pauline Latham
- Sarah Champion
- Virendra Sharma
- Sir Graham Brady
- Henry Smith
- Philip Davies
- Sir Roger Gale
- Dr Dan Poulter
- Sheryl Murray
- Heather Wheeler
- Nusrat Ghani
- Fiona Bruce
The legal advisers are Dawson Cornwell, Garden Court Chambers and Ben Hoare Bell Solicitors.