Civil Partnership Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 4:45 pm on 24 June 2004.

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Photo of The Duke of Montrose The Duke of Montrose Shadow Minister, Environment & Transport, Shadow Minister, Local and Devolved Government Affairs, Deputy Chief Whip, Whips 4:45, 24 June 2004

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. Like my noble friend Lord Cope I am equally puzzled. I understood that the Bill and the legislation we have in front of us about civil partnerships exactly matched the legislation on marriages and that whatever group one is talking about, if one wishes to parallel the legislation on marriages one would use exactly the same phrase.