Clause 1 - Civil partnership
Civil Partnership Bill [Lords]
10:15 am
Mr Christopher Chope (Shadow Minister, Environment and Transport; Christchurch, Conservative)
There is nothing wrong with what the hon. Gentleman is suggesting because he has either deliberately or unintentionally traduced what I said. I was saying that for the first time a bar will be introduced preventing people from entering into a marriage, neither of whom has been married before. That is essentially what will be done. The Government accept that we are not talking about a same-sex marriage Bill, but a same-sex partnership Bill—a relationship inferior to marriage.