Clause 1 - Civil partnership
Civil Partnership Bill [Lords]
9:30 am
Mr Christopher Chope (Shadow Minister, Environment and Transport; Christchurch, Conservative)
Does the Minister not recognise a possible situation in which one sister owns the house, the other sister comes to live with her, and the sister who owns the house dies? Then, the inheritance tax bill for a house worth £500,000 would be enormous—totally unaffordable.