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Orders of the Day — Civil Partnerships Bill [Lords]: Schedule 28 — Consequential amendments: Scotland (9 Nov 2004)

Mr Robert Key: ...view of the General Synod of the Church of England and the Archbishops Council that this is a matter of righting wrongs. I also believe passionately that the Bill should not be seen as introducing gay marriage. I disagree with the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant). I said on Second Reading, and I still contend, that marriage is something unique between a man and a woman. I respect...

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

Mr Robert Key: ...both Parliament and the Church to take a lead, which I am sure will be acceptable to the majority of our citizens, including Christian congregations. It is good that the Bill proposes justice for gay and lesbian people. Is it not interesting, Madam Deputy Speaker, that 10 or 15 years ago those words would not have passed my lips? If we are honest, it is a measure of our own prejudice that...

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

Mr Robert Key: ...coming to my decision to support the Bill, I have been grateful to many organisations and individuals on both sides of the argument for their advice. I am grateful, too, to the quiet and thoughtful gay and lesbian people in my constituency— many of them active Conservative voters—for explaining why the Bill will change their lives for the better. I have received e-mails from as...