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Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill: Clause 24 (18 Jun 2009)

Tim Boswell: Does the hon. Gentleman not agree at least that the major test in terms of the service users—in that case, the gay couple who wished to recognise and celebrate their relationship in a civil partnership—is whether they are able to use the service? If the registrar is the only registrar in a local authority area and such a couple are unable to discharge their wishes because there is...

Orders of the Day — Civil Partnership Bill [Lords] (12 Oct 2004)

Mr Tim Boswell: ...and I will support the Bill tonight. Those of my hon. Friends who do not share my view of the Bill and will not join us in the Lobby have made progress in the sense that they have admitted that gay people in relationships face problems. However, my hon. Friends argue that others face problems with their tax position and so on, as mentioned in the debate. My hon. Friend the Member for...

Clause 135: Sex Education (27 Jun 2000)

Mr Tim Boswell: ...views, and did so. The amendment bears no relation to any gender preference. However, it is a matter of fact, which I observed in Committee, that, when considering issues of marriage, some gay people take the view that they would wish to associate themselves with the institution of marriage by extending the provision of civil marriage to cover unions between gay people. I say that not...

Orders of the Day — Employment Relations Bill: Discrimination in the Work — Place on Grounds of Age (30 Mar 1999)

Mr Tim Boswell: ..., and taking up a quotation that has already been given to the House, the Under-Secretary said of the Equal Opportunities Commission, which had proposed specific legal protection for lesbians and gay men: We remain committed to considering that, and the EOC's other recommendations, carefully. However, it is too early to be clear whether a legislative measure would be the appropriate way to...