Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill

My Lords, I am puzzled by this amendment because I cannot see any realistic circumstances whateve...

My Lords, I thank the right reverend Prelate for his measured and thoughtful introduction of the ...

My Lords, it seems to me that adding the amendment to the Bill can do no harm to anyone and give ...

I am grateful to the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Leicester for introducing his amendment...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her clear and thorough response. I defer of course to...

We debated this at great length last week when the same example was used on several occasions to ...

I am grateful to the Minister for that clarification. I understand it and I hope that she will un...

I understand what the right reverend Prelate is trying to do and completely agree with it. Howeve...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Alli, who asks, through me, whether the Church of...

Moved by

Lord Dear

47: Before Clause 15, insert the following new Clause—

“Revi...

My Lords, by any stretch of the imagination same-sex marriage is something of a social experiment...

My Lords, I have not spoken previously in this Committee, but I am anxious to make amends to the ...

There may be differences on the detail in relation to the nature of the review and its timing—as ...

My Lords, on these issues I do not often find myself more in sympathy with my noble friend Lord F...

My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, I agree with the amendment in principle, and any de...

My Lords, I, too, support the noble Lord, Lord Dear, on the principle of the amendment. The noble...

My Lords, in my view this amendment is absolutely unnecessary in the terms put forward by the nob...

The difference is that, whatever reasonable time one chooses, this is not about looking at the na...

I understand what my noble friend is saying and, as I say, in terms of post-legislative scrutiny ...

Does the noble Baroness think that the use of words such as “mad” or personalising issues by sayi...

My Lords, I was being slightly flippant when I asked the noble Lord to look at his own marriage. ...

I support the principle of the amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Dear, in rather the same ...

I think that I recognise the sort of change that happens in the first year and from the other lit...

My Lords, I am particularly grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Royall of Blaisdon, for deciding...

On this occasion.

I have to say that I remain a little confused about this, but at a much higher level. Everyone on...

Moved by

Lord Anderson of Swansea

48: Before Clause 15, insert the following new Clau...

My Lords, Amendment 48 stands in my name and those of the noble Lords, Lord Cormack and Lord Sing...

My Lords, I added my name to this amendment. I referred to the desirability of testing public opi...

My Lords, this amendment is also in my name. It is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Corm...

My Lords, as with post-legislative scrutiny, I have some sympathy with the principle of referendu...

My Lords—

Hang on! The noble Lord spoke for 20 minutes. I have spoken for one, so he might retain a little ...

My Lords—

I shall give way in a moment. All the arguments put forward by the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, wer...

That is most gracious of the noble Lord. I would like to suggest that perhaps the vote on Second ...

My Lords, I do not think that the noble Baroness or anyone else has the right to keep on going ba...

My Lords—

If the noble Baroness does not mind, I am not going to give way again.

I do not think that ...

My Lords, I rise briefly to support Amendment 48. As has been made plain throughout the debates o...

My Lords, I will attempt to be very brief, I promise that. We have a flexible and unwritten const...

I support the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Anderson. Together with him, I suggested th...

My Lords, I hope that the House will forgive me for making a brief intervention at this stage. I ...

My Lords, I shall be very brief, and say two things. One is that when you are losing the politica...

My Lords, I wish I could be so brief, because the noble Baroness has just summed up the