Civil Partnership Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:32 pm on 24 June 2004.

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Photo of Lord Higgins Lord Higgins Shadow Minister, Economic Affairs 2:32, 24 June 2004

My Lords, before the noble Lord sits down, I am trying to be helpful. I do not understand what the Government Chief Whip is saying. He is saying that the Bill will go through the normal procedures in this House, then go to another place where the amendment we have just carried is likely to be reversed and then return to us here. However, I am not clear how we in this House can possibly discuss the detail of the Bill simply on a government amendment to an amendment we have carried in this House. As I understand it, there is not the scope to discuss all these issues.