A survivor of forced marriage has told STV News that proposals to raise the marriage age from 16 to 18 will make little difference in protecting young women and girls.
A public consultation looking at the legal aid of marriage in Scotland, along with a wider package of reforms to family law, comes to an end on Tuesday.
Forced marriage can often involve violence, threats or coercion, and is already a criminal offence.
The UK government’s Forced Marriage Unit gave advice to a possible forced marriage in 240 cases last year, almost half of which were linked to Pakistan.
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