Forgive me if I am wrong, and I imagine that it would be hard to measure, but many of the people who go down this route would not have got married. This is an additional choice, rather than something that removes a choice. We should open our eyes to the fact that people see this is as something different that suits them, and we should embrace it as a positive new development.
Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
James Cartlidge
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 15 March 2019.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill.
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2017-19
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