Clause 11 - Proposed civil partnership to be publicised
Civil Partnership Bill [Lords]
Public Bill Committees, 21 October 2004, 4:45 pm
Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey, Labour)
Very briefly, I believe that this is another part of the approach that the hon. Member for Christchurch takes of making things practically and psychologically more difficult for those wishing to enter into civil partnerships. It takes no account of the problems that printing a local address may cause two gay people who are forming a civil partnership and to whom threats have been made. There are some dangers to safety, and the hon.
Gentleman, with his characteristic indifference, decides not to take account of them and to force addresses to be published, so that people may be subject to attack. That happens in some places.