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Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Report (1st Day) ( 8 Jul 2013)

Lord Anderson of Swansea: My Lords, the question has been posed whether it was reasonable for an existing registrar to have anticipated that at some date unspecified in the future the law in respect of same-sex marriage might be altered. Let us consider a registrar who is now, perhaps, 45. Almost 10 years ago we had the Civil Partnership Act. During the passage of that Bill through this House the noble and learned...

European Union (Referendum) Bill ( 5 Jul 2013)

John Denham: ...that is ridiculous, so I will not be voting on it. There was a time, not so long ago, when private Members’ Bills were used for matters of great social reform, such as homosexual law reform and gay marriage. Issues of great constitutional importance were seen as the responsibilities of the Government. That may have changed. Gay marriage is an important social reform, so perhaps making it...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Russia ( 2 Jul 2013)

David Lidington: ...decision will further marginalise the LGBT community in Russia. I am also concerned by the draft law banning foreign adoptions by same-sex couples and by single people in countries where same-sex marriage is legal. The Prime Minister raised concerns on a wide range of human rights issues, including the rights of all people to freedom of expression, in his meeting with President Putin in...

Opposition Day — [4th Allotted Day] — Lobbying (25 Jun 2013)

John Cryer: ...see me a couple of weeks ago and said, “You are opposed to the sell-off of the Royal Mail, aren’t you?” When I said that I was, she said, “Well, on that basis you should also be opposed to gay marriage.” I did not quite follow the logic of that argument either, but she had the right to lobby me, and she did so, albeit in a novel way. What worries me is when large concentrations...

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Committee (3rd Day) (Continued) (24 Jun 2013)

Lord Mackay of Clashfern: ...that we shall consider at any length in this Committee. However, it is rather an important amendment and it is in the nature of a probing amendment, as I will make clear as I proceed. When the Marriage Act 1949 was passed, Section 1 set out the prohibited degrees in a way that said “A man shall not marry” and then a column of positions of a woman whom he could not marry, and “A woman...

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Committee (3rd Day) (24 Jun 2013)

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon: My Lords, I am here as somebody who celebrates marriage and values the ethos of church schools, but I am also a very strong supporter of same-sex marriage. I have listened carefully to noble Lords’ concerns but I am not persuaded of the need for this amendment. Like the Secretary of State, I would not support a Bill that encroached on religious freedom or on freedom of speech, but this Bill...

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Committee (2nd Day) (Continued) (19 Jun 2013)

Baroness Barker: ...he addressed some very difficult issues in the most sensitive way. I also think that it is important that we hold this debate, however late it is, not least to put on record the fact that very many gay couples think very seriously about parenthood. It is not something into which they enter lightly at all. Perhaps some of the most distressing of the accusations which have flown around this...

Legislation: Complexity — Question for Short Debate (19 Jun 2013)

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town: ...amendment to the Succession to the Crown Bill, not in the name of the Government, that tried to deal with what happened if a child yet to be born of the current Prince William turned out to be gay, have a gay marriage and then had a child. Trying to write such legislation was unnecessarily complicated 25 years off. Eighthly, we should implement another recommendation of the Commons Select...

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Committee (2nd Day) (19 Jun 2013)

Baroness Stowell of Beeston: My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Harrison, for introducing the amendment and for explaining how important it is to humanists that they be allowed to conduct their own marriage solemnisations, according to their beliefs, by someone who shares their beliefs and in any place of their choosing, which could include the outdoors. I have no doubt that a celebration conducted by the...

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Committee (1st Day) (Continued) (17 Jun 2013)

Lord Dear: If I may respond, that situation is really an exercise of emotion rather than fact. The likelihood of a registrar suddenly seeing a gay couple in front of them and turning on his or her heel and walking away is so fanciful as to be almost ludicrous. I would expect to find that people signal their objection before the likelihood occurs. A registrar in this position would signal that, from a...

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Committee (1st Day) (17 Jun 2013)

Baroness Stowell of Beeston: ...in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Dear, seems to be aimed at addressing concerns aired here and in the other place that public authorities might overreact to expressions of belief in traditional marriage. This was raised by the noble Lord, Lord Anderson. Not only would the amendment require public authorities to treat people fairly but it would impose a specific duty in respect of this...

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Second Reading (2nd Day) ( 4 Jun 2013)

Lord Dear: ...us agree that this is an issue of profound interest and importance and one that will affect every member of our society. We cannot escape the fact that the Bill will completely alter the concept of marriage as we know it. The most reverend Primate the Archbishop of Canterbury and the right reverend Prelates, the Bishop of Leicester, the Bishop of Chester and the Bishop of Exeter, the noble...

Energy Bill: Clause 1 — Decarbonisation ( 4 Jun 2013)

Tim Yeo: ..., the Church of Scotland, the Methodist Church, the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the United Reform Church and the Quakers in Britain. I mention the Churches because, in the recent debate on gay marriage, I found myself on the opposite side from most of those organisations, and I am delighted to be allied with them on this issue.

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Second Reading (Continued) ( 3 Jun 2013)

Lord Flight: ...is absolutely divided. I do not know whether it is 70% one way or the other or if it is 50/50, but it is clear that, in the main, the senior part of the country believes in the traditional role of marriage and wishes to keep it, while a lot of younger people think that it is all a load of hooey and ask, basically, why anyone should get married. There is an absolute divide, and in this sort...

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Second Reading ( 3 Jun 2013)

Lord Harries of Pentregarth: ...understanding of homosexuality is undoubtedly the biggest social change of my lifetime. My own change and understanding came about when I realised—for example, through reading the biographies of gay people—that often, from a very early age, they had found themselves predominantly attracted to members of their own sex, not just physically but as whole persons. While some people are...

Scottish Parliament: Proposed Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill (28 May 2013)

Marco Biagi: I thank the cabinet secretary for that answer, because the proposed bill offers equality not just for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, but for those diverse faiths that sincerely believe in same-sex marriage and which are currently prevented from holding such ceremonies. However, I recognise that, just as those faiths wish to perform same-sex marriage, many others do not or are...

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Schedule 6 — Marriage overseas (21 May 2013)

Julian Huppert: ...Speaker. On the Liberal Democrat Benches, we believe that the state should not bar a couple who love each other from marrying just because of their gender or sexuality, whether they are straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex or whatever, and that the state should not ban groups who wish to conduct same-sex marriages from doing so. This is an important day, and it is a day...

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Clause 9 — Conversion of civil partnership into marriage (21 May 2013)

Tobias Ellwood: ...anticipate the Bill and its amendments. I am pleased that we have this opportunity to conduct this debate, which has prompted us to think about the wider issues of the role, purpose and values of marriage in our society. We are debating amendments relating to gender recognition and so forth, which has educated us about the historic role of the state in respect of the Church. The Bible is...

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: New Clause 15 — Marriages according to usages of approved organisations (21 May 2013)

Simon Hughes: Does the Minister not accept, however, that there are many people who believe that the civil status of coming together in marriage should be open to straight and gay couples alike, but that people of faith and faith groups should be free to define what they understand as marriage? Some of them would permit same-sex marriage, but some of them take a different view and would not.

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: New Clause 16 — Review of civil partnership (20 May 2013)

Tom Harris: ...on this issue with his arguments—I am not yet convinced, but I am happy to support new clause 16 as amended. When we legislated in this House 10 years ago, we stopped short of legalising same-sex marriage for the simple reason that it was considered a step too far. We did not legislate for civil partnerships because we had arrived at a perfect alternative institution to marriage. We...


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