Examination of Witnesses

Part of Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 10:57 am on 12 February 2013.

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Photo of Stephen Williams Stephen Williams Liberal Democrat, Bristol West 10:57, 12 February 2013

You have both been crystal clear on religious rights to marriage. Can we return now to civil ceremonies? Do you agree that the Bill as drafted will perpetuate an anomaly, whereby opposite-sex couples are denied access to a civil partnership? Might the Bill be better if that anomaly was removed?