Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill

With the leave of the House, perhaps noble Lords will allow me to speak to my amendment now for t...

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 7. I have made my strong support for the legalisation...

My Lords, I, too, added my name to Amendment 7, and attempted to put my name to some of the gover...

My Lords, I just wish to add that the process here has been admirable. Had we simply stuck with f...

My Lords, I, too, thank the Government for bringing forward the amendment, and all those who work...

My Lords, as mover of the original amendment in Committee, along with my noble friend Lady Massey...

My Lords, I add a few words from my own perspective and possibly from the perspective of these Be...

As a lay man who is glad and proud to be a Christian, I should like to associate myself with most...

I support the concession. I support the review. My only question for the Minister is that there w...

My Lords, I join other noble Lords in congratulating everybody, really. This is one of those occa...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, for reminding the House that I...

My Lords, I must apologise to the House. I should have welcomed the noble Lords, Lord Lester and ...

Moved by

Lord Wallace of Tankerness

9: Clause 2, page 2, line 10, after “compelled” i...

My Lords, I think it might help your Lordships’ House, and the progress of debate, if I do not sa...

My Lords, I speak to Amendments 15, 16, 17, 21 and 22, in my name. I thank the Minister for tabli...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 22 and 23 and 19 and 18—I shall take them in reverse order ...

My Lords, the purpose of the legislature in this particular legislation is to achieve clarity, in...

My Lords, like the noble Baronesses, Lady O’Loan and Lady Berridge, I am a member of the Joint Co...

My Lords, I have also put my name to the amendments in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loa...

My Lords, I will briefly also congratulate the Government. With their Amendments 9 and 10 they ha...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have spoken and who have welcomed the Government’s amendments. ...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. In the absence of the detail of the guidance, can h...

My Lords, it is very dangerous to try to draft guidance on the hoof, as it were. I think that I h...

My Lords, I want to say something about the nature of the debate on the Bill in the House today a...

I am sorry to interrupt the noble Baroness. We are discussing government Amendment 9. Indeed, we ...

Moved by

Lord Wallace of Tankerness

10: Clause 2, page 2, line 13, after “compelled” ...

Moved by

Baroness O'Loan

18: Clause 2, page 4, line 11, at end insert—

“( ) For...

I thank the Minister and the noble Baroness for all that they have said and done and for their wo...

I am afraid that the rules do not allow me to do that. Is it your Lordships’ pleasure that Amendm...

Moved by

Baroness Northover

37: Schedule 1, page 19, line 11, leave out from beginnin...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 37, I shall speak also to Amendments 41, 54, 56 to 59, 91, 92, 108 ...

My Lords, from these Benches we are very content.

Moved by

Baroness Stowell of Beeston

41: Schedule 1, page 21, line 14, leave out from...

Moved by

Lord Dear

46: After Clause 7, insert the following new Clause—

“Protec...

My Lords, in moving the amendment, which seeks to protect the rights to conscientious exclusion f...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Dear, for moving his amendment and I support what he said....

My Lords, we have debated this issue several times throughout the passage of the Bill. I believe ...

My Lords, my noble friend raises a very interesting question about how teachers will work with th...

My Lords, it is deeply regrettable that the noble Lord, Lord Dear, chose to speak about the promo...

I commend what the noble Baroness has just said about existing policies. I want to make one quick...

We are in great danger of thinking about only this subject. Teachers constantly have to face this...

My Lords, I support the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Dear. Deep concerns were expressed at S...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Deben, divided the issue into two—that teachers will have to expla...

I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Dear, for moving Amendment 46. This amendment obviously ref...

My Lords, first, I thank the Members of your Lordships' House who have spoken in favour of the am...

I made a speech in Committee. I have not repeated the points I made in Committee because I did no...

I am grateful for that.

The fact is that there is a division of opinion between leading cou...

My Lords, I have not repeated any of the comments that I made in Committee, but I am concerned wh...

With the greatest of respect, I am not too sure what that point is set out to achieve.

The ...

Moved by

Lord Anderson of Swansea

49: After Clause 7, insert the following new Clause...

My Lords, I think I now have the message that the night is late and that I should be as succinct ...

My Lords, I know that my noble friend is very concerned because cultural change is always difficu...

My Lords, I will begin by saying a couple of things to the noble Lord, Lord Anderson. He is absol...

I hear the Minister and my noble friend Lady Thornton. I remind them that the law is not being in...

Moved by

Lord Anderson of Swansea

53: After Clause 8, insert the following new Clause...

My Lords, this amendment is broadly in the same category as the previous ones and uses the phrase...

My Lords, in my judgment this amendment suffers from the following problems among others. First, ...

My Lords, we have complained about many people suing, but this is an absolute opening for anybody...

My Lords, the noble Lords, Lord Deben and Lord Lester, have put this very well indeed. I would ad...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. I shall try to av...

My Lords, if we truly believe in liberty of conscience, we can hardly be against an attempt to en...

The Equality Act 2010 is the best civil rights legislation in the world and is vastly superior to...

The noble Lord cites US precedent when it happens to suit his case. He is less ready to cite it w...

Moved by

Baroness Stowell of Beeston

54: Clause 9, page 10, line 18, leave out “Regis...

Moved by

Lord Elton

55: Clause 9, page 10, line 28, at end insert—

“(3A) Regula...

My Lords, the lateness of the hour and my fatigue make it certain that I shall not take as much o...

My Lords, I support the principle of the amendment. No doubt the detailed wording will be subject...

I understand the motivation behind the noble Lord, Lord Elton’s amendment, and I did not view it ...

My Lords, I support my noble friend on this one. I had a ray of hope when I heard the noble Lord,...

My Lords, I also agree with amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Elton. One point made by the noble ...

My Lords, I warmly welcome the fact that the noble Lord, Lord Elton, wants to strengthen the Bill...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who participated in this mini debate. I particularly thank my n...

My Lords, my noble friend leaves me in a quandary. I think I am right in saying that the consulta...

Moved by

Baroness Stowell of Beeston

56: Clause 9, page 10, line 38, leave out from b...

Moved by

Lord Wallace of Tankerness

70: Clause 11, page 12, line 15, at end insert—