Public Bill Committees
Civil Partnership Bill

• Civil Partnership Bill [Lords], 1st sitting (12 speeches)
  [Mr. Frank Cook in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 - Civil partnership (98 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 1, in clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out from 'relationship' to 'between' in line 5.
• Civil Partnership Bill [Lords], 2nd sitting (14 speeches)
  [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 - Civil partnership (60 speeches)
    Amendment moved [19 October]: No. 183, in clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out 'of the same sex'.—[Mr. Chope.]
  • Clause 2 - Categories of civil partners other than (0 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:— The Committee divided: Ayes 3, Noes 14.
  • Clause 3 - Formation of civil partnership by registration (20 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 14, in clause 3, page 2, line 19, at end insert 'and has made a spoken declaration of commitment as may be prescribed by order'.
• Civil Partnership Bill [Lords], 3rd sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]
  • Clause 3 - Formation of civil partnership by registration (35 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 14, in clause 3, page 2, line 19, at end insert 'and has made a spoken declaration of commitment as may be prescribed by order'.—[Mr. Duncan.] Question...
  • Clause 4 - Eligibility (26 speeches)
    Amendment made: No. 3, in clause 4, page 2, line 38, leave out 'Subject to subsection (2),'.—[Jacqui Smith.]
  • Clause 5 - Parental etc. consent where proposed civil partner under 18 (1 speech)
    We are about to embark on clause 5. Considerable reference was made to the clause during the previous debate and I am conscious of the reason for that. As it was linked with the previous clause,...
  • Clause 6 - Types of pre-registration procedure (14 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 21, in clause 6, page 3, line 29, leave out from 'subject' to end of line 33 and insert 'to— (a) section 21 (modified procedures for certain non-residents); ...
  • Clause 7 - Place of registration (26 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 18, in clause 7, page 4, line 3, at end insert 'and'.
  • Clause 9 - Notice of proposed civil partnership and declaration (30 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 189, in clause 9, page 4, line 33, leave out 'a registration authority' and insert 'the registration authority for the area in which they reside'.
  • Clause 11 - Proposed civil partnership to be publicised (11 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 22, in clause 11, page 6, line 3, at end insert— '( ) by any registration authority in whose area the proposed civil partner of the person giving the notice...
• Civil Partnership Bill [Lords], 4th sitting (1 speech)
  [Mr. Frank Cook in the Chair]
  • Clause 83 - Formation of civil partnership by registration (1 speech)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 84 - Eligibility (24 speeches)
    Amendment proposed: No. 6, in page 38, line 30, leave out 'Subject to subsection (2),'.—[Jacqui Smith.] Question put, That the amendment be made:— The Committee divided: Ayes 12, Noes 1.
  • Schedule 11 - Forbidden degrees of relationship: Scotland (5 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question put, That this schedule be the Eleventh schedule to the Bill:— The Committee divided: Ayes 12, Noes 2.
  • Clause 85 - Appointment of authorised registrars (0 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:— The Committee divided: Ayes 13, Noes 3.
  • Clause 86 - Notice of proposal civil partnership (2 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:— The Committee divided: Ayes 13, Noes 2.
  • Clause 87 - Civil partnership notice book (0 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:— The Committee divided: Ayes 13, Noes 2.
  • Clause 88 - Publicisation (0 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:— The Committee divided: Ayes 13, Noes 2.
  • Clause 89 - Early registration (0 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:— The Committee divided: Ayes 13, Noes 2.
  • Clause 90 - Objections to registration (2 speeches)
    Amendment made: No. 56, in clause 90, page 42, line 6, leave out 'of understanding the nature of civil partnership' and insert 'of— (i) (i) understanding the nature of civil...
  • Clause 91 - Place of registration (0 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:— The Committee divided: Ayes 13, Noes 2.
  • Clause 92 - The civil partnership schedule (0 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:— The Committee divided: Ayes 13, Noes 2.
  • Clause 93 - Further provision as to registration (0 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:— The Committee divided: Ayes 13, Noes 2.
  • Clause 94 - Civil partnership with former spouse (0 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:— The Committee divided: Ayes 13, Noes 2.
  • Clause 95 - Certificates of no impediment for Part 2 purposes (0 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:— The Committee divided: Ayes 13, Noes 2.
  • Clause 96 - Application of certain sections of 1965 Act (4 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:— The Committee divided: Ayes 13, Noes 2.
  • Clause 97 - Correction of errors in civil partnership register (0 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:— The Committee divided: Ayes 13, Noes 2.
  • Clause 98 - Offences (0 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:— The Committee divided: Ayes 13, Noes 2.
  • Clause 99 - Occupancy rights (5 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 115 - Dissolution (28 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 236, in clause 115, page 59, line 37, leave out 'dissolution' and insert 'cessation'.
  • Clause 117 - Effect of resumption of cohabitation (1 speech)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 120 - Nullity (3 speeches)
    Amendment made: No. 57, in clause 120, page 62, line 8, leave out from 'other' to end of line 9 and insert ', the civil partnership is void if, and only if— (a) they were not eligible to...
  • Clause 123 - Regulations (0 speeches)
    Amendment made: No. 8, in clause 123, page 63, line 31, leave out subsection (3).—[Jacqui Smith.] Clause 123, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clauses 124 to 132 ordered...
  • Clause 133 - Formation of civil partnership by registration (7 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 65, in clause 133, page 67, line 22, leave out 'civil partnership'.
  • Clause 134 - Eligibility (4 speeches)
    Amendments made: No. 9, in clause 134, page 67, line 25, leave out 'Subject to subsection (2),'. No. 10, in clause 134, page 67, line 33, leave out subsection (2).—[Jacqui Smith.] ...
  • Clause 135 - Notice of proposed civil partnership (0 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:— The Committee divided: Ayes 14, Noes 2.
  • Clause 138 - Objections (0 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill. The Committee divided: Ayes 14, Noes 2.
  • Clause 155 - Regulations (0 speeches)
    Amendment made: No. 11, in clause 155, page 75, line 29, leave out subsection (2).—[Jacqui Smith.] Clause 155, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clauses 156 to 169 ordered...
  • Clause 170 - Grounds on which civil partnership is voidable (16 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 243, in clause 170, page 83, line 33, at end insert— '(ca) at the time of its formation, the respondent was suffering from a communicable sexual disease;'. The...
  • Schedule 15 - Wills, administration of estates and family provision: Northern Ireland (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 174, in schedule 15, page 239, line 18, at end insert— '( ) In paragraph (1)(ba) (application may be made by person living as husband or wife of the deceased),...
  • Schedule 16 - Appeal against refusal to issue civil partnership schedule (0 speeches)
    Amendments proposed: No. 44, in schedule 16, page 252, line 46, leave out sub-paragraph (3). No. 45, in schedule 16, page 253, line 1, after 'under' insert 'paragraph 22 or'. No. 46, in...
  • Schedule 18 - Financial relief in Northern Ireland after overseas dissolution etc. of a civil partnership (0 speeches)
    Amendments proposed: No. 48, in schedule 18, page 296, line 10, leave out sub-paragraph (4) and insert— '(4) The matters to which the court is to have regard under sub-paragraph (3)(a), so...
  • Clause 201 - Fatal accidents claims (0 speeches)
    Amendments proposed: No. 168, in clause 201, page 96, line 17, at end insert— '( ) In sub-paragraph (b)(iii) of Article 2(2), after ''wife'' insert ''or civil partner''.'. No. 169, in...
  • Clause 204 - Meaning of ''overseas relationship'' (0 speeches)
    Amendment proposed: No. 66, in clause 204, page 98, line 36, after 'Act)' insert 'with a responsible authority'.—[Jacqui Smith.] Question put, That the amendment be made:— The...
  • Schedule 21 - Meaning of overseas relationship: specified relationships (0 speeches)
    Amendment proposed: No. 76, in schedule 21, page 315, line 10, at end insert— 'Canada: Nova Scotia domestic partnership Canada: Quebec civil union'. —[Jacqui Smith.] ...
  • Clause 206 - The general conditions (0 speeches)
    Amendments proposed: No. 67, in clause 206, page 99, line 24, at end insert 'and'. No. 68, in clause 206, page 99, line 27, leave out from 'married' to end of line 30.—[Jacqui Smith.] ...
  • Clause 208 - The same-sex requirement (0 speeches)
    Amendments proposed: No. 69, in clause 208, page 100, line 14, leave out from 'if)' to 'one' in line 15 and insert ', at the time mentioned in section 207(2)— (a)'. No. 70, in clause...
  • Clause 229 - Supplementary provisions relating to recognition of dissolution etc. (0 speeches)
    Amendments proposed: No. 71, in clause 229, page 110, line 13, at end insert— '( ) applying sections 227 and 228 and subsection (1) with modifications in relation to any country whose...
• Civil Partnership Bill [Lords], 5th sitting (3 speeches)
  [Mr. Frank Cook in the Chair]
  • Schedule 24 - Social security, child support and tax credits (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 79, in schedule 24, page 319, line 19, at end insert— 'In section 8 (role of the courts with respect to maintenance for children), after subsection (11)(e)...
  • Clause 245 - Power to amend enactments relating to pensions (21 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 180, in clause 245, page 119, line 23, after 'amendments', insert '(including the power to make retrospective pension provision)'.
  • Clause 250 - Community obligations and civil partners (7 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 114, in clause 250, page 123, line 16, leave out subsections (1) and (2) and insert— '(1) Subsection (2) applies where any person, by Order in Council or...
  • Clause 251 - Minor and consequential amendments, repeals and revocations (19 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 116, in clause 251, page 124, line 2, at end insert— '(2A) Schedule (Minor and consequential amendments: Northern Ireland) contains minor and consequential...
  • Schedule 27 - Minor and consequential amendments: general (3 speeches)
    Amendments made: No. 127, in schedule 27, page 349, line 2, at end insert— 'Explosive Substances Act 1883 (c.3) In section 6 (inquiry by Attorney-General, and apprehension of absconding...
  • Schedule 28 - Consequential amendments: Scotland (0 speeches)
    Amendments made: No. 99, in schedule 28, page 368, line 13, at end insert— 'In section 36(1) (interpretation), in the definition of ''prior rights'', after ''spouse'' insert ''or civil...
  • Schedule 29 - Repeals and revocations (0 speeches)
    Amendments made: No. 107, in schedule 29, page 382, line 12, at end insert— 'Family provision: Northern Ireland Title and number Extent of revocation Inheritance (Provision for...
  • Clause 252 - Extent (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 165, in clause 252, page 124, line 5, after 'Wales),' insert 'excluding section (Power to assimilate provisions relating to civil registration in England and Wales) but'.
  • Clause 253 - Commencement (44 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 118, in clause 253, page 124, line 26, leave out 'Parts 1 and 2, including Schedules 2 to 10, come' and insert 'Part 1 comes into force in accordance with...
  • Clause 254 - Short title (0 speeches)
    Amendment proposed: No. 126, in clause 254, page 125, line 32, leave out subsection (2).—[Jacqui Smith.] Question put, That the amendment be made:— The Committee divided: Ayes 12,...
  • New clause 1 - Separation (0 speeches)
    '(1) An action for the separation of the civil partners in a civil partnership may be brought in the Court of Session or in the sheriff court. (2) In such an action the court may grant decree...
  • New clause 2 - Applications under section 66 (0 speeches)
    '(1) This section applies where a civil partnership has been dissolved or annulled. (2) Subject to subsection (3), an application may be made under section 66 (including that section as...
  • New clause 3 - Evidence (0 speeches)
    '(1) Any enactment or rule of law relating to the giving of evidence by a spouse applies in relation to a civil partner as it applies in relation to the spouse. (2) Subsection (1) is subject to...
  • New clause 4 - Succession: legal rights arising by virtue of civil partnership (0 speeches)
    '(1) Where a person dies survived by a civil partner then, unless the circumstance is as mentioned in subsection (2), the civil partner has right to half of the moveable net estate belonging to...
  • New clause 5 - Validity of civil partnerships registered (0 speeches)
    '(1) Where two people register as civil partners of each other in England or Wales, the civil partnership is— (a) void, if it would be void in England and Wales under section 49, and ...
  • New clause 6 - Applications under section 186 by former civil partners etc. (0 speeches)
    '(1) Where a civil partnership has been dissolved or annulled or is void (whether or not it has been annulled), either party may make an application under section 186 (or under that section as...
  • New clause 7 - Evidence (No.2) (0 speeches)
    '(1) Any enactment or rule of law relating to the giving of evidence by a spouse applies in relation to a civil partner as it applies in relation to the spouse. (2) Subsection (1) is subject to...
  • New clause 8 - Restriction on publicity of reports of proceedings (0 speeches)
    'Section 1 of the Matrimonial Causes (Reports) Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c.29 (N.I.)) (restriction on publication of reports of proceedings) shall extend to proceedings— (a) for the...
  • New clause 9 - Gender recognition where applicant a civil partner (0 speeches)
    '(1) Amend the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (c.7) as follows. (2) In— (a) section 3 (evidence), in subsection (6)(a), and (b) section 4 (successful applications), in subsections (2)...
  • New clause 10 - Immigration control and formation of civil partnerships (0 speeches)
    'Schedule (Immigration control and formation of civil partnerships) contains provisions relating to the formation of civil partnerships in the United Kingdom by persons subject to immigration...
  • New clause 11 - Power to assimilate provisions relating to civil registration in England and Wales (0 speeches)
    '(1) The Chancellor of the Exchequer may by order make— (a) such amendments of this Act as appear to him appropriate for the purpose of assimilating any provision connected with the...
  • New schedule 1 - Minor and consequential amendments: (0 speeches)
    Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c.33 (N.I.)) 1 In section 46 (miscellaneous definitions), in subsection (2), after the definition of ''barrister-at-law'' insert— '' ''civil...
  • Immigration control and formation (5 speeches)
    Part 1 Introduction Application of Schedule 1 (1) This Schedule applies if— (a) two people wish to register as civil partners of each other, and (b) one of them is subject to...