Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill

My Lords, as in Committee, I am pleased to support the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Al...

My Lords, I too have put my name to this amendment. After two such full speeches by the noble Lor...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Alli, has already spoken of some support from these Benches for hi...

My Lords, my heart is completely with Amendment 84 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Alli, but ...

My Lords, like my noble friend who has just spoken, I, too, have serious reservations about this ...

My Lords, throughout this debate, we have had to say to groups and individuals who are very unhap...

My Lords, I remind my noble friend that we are advised to make friends of both God and Mammon. In...

Oh!

I assure noble Lords that it is very difficult to get close to my marriage. My noble friend put f...

My Lords, I support the first amendment for reasons of principle, about which the noble Lords hav...

My Lords, I have added my name to manuscript Amendment 84A, tabled by my noble friend Lord Alli, ...

My Lords, I must first say to my noble friend Lord Elton that I am in charge of many things at th...

I may be wrong but is it not the case that there was retrospectivity to give effect to the EU pri...

My noble friend introduces a new, very complicated matter and I am struggling with the complicate...

My Lords—

I am going to conclude very soon. Would my noble friend allow me to make some final remarks?

This seems to be the appropriate point to interrupt the very clear exposition my noble friend is ...

That is an interesting point. My understanding of Amendment 84 is that its proposals would only a...

I was with the noble Baroness up to that point. I really think that the Government cannot say tha...

I hope that I have been able to explain through my answer so far that there is a cost to the publ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that answer. Before I move on, I will add a few things. It too...

Moved by

Lord Armstrong of Ilminster

85: Before Clause 12, insert the following new C...

My Lords, I move the amendment standing in my name and in the names of my noble and learned frien...

My Lords, some of the amendments moved in the course of our debates have been eccentric. However,...

My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Lester of Herne Hill, though possibly not in relation...

Perhaps I may say just one thing because I was attacked—not attacked, but charmingly referred to—...

My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Deben, that this is an elegant amendment. However, al...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Armstrong of Ilminster, for his amendment. I think that we...

My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords who have taken part in this brief debate. I did not expect...

Moved by

Baroness Stowell of Beeston

86: Schedule 5, page 40, line 10, after “with” i...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 86, I will speak also to the other government amendments in this gr...

My Lords, I begin by thanking the Minister for her tolerance and forbearance throughout our discu...

My Lords, I freely confess that one of the happiest days of my life was when I gave up speaking o...

My Lords, government Amendments 86, 87, 88, 89 and 133 will provide a fast-track procedure for ge...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Baronesses who have contributed to this debate, who are the ...

Moved by

Baroness Stowell of Beeston

87: Schedule 5, page 40, line 21, leave out from...

Moved by

Baroness Stowell of Beeston

90: After Clause 13, insert the following new Cl...

Moved by

Lord Wallace of Tankerness

93: Schedule 6, page 50, line 8, leave out sub-pa...

My Lords, government Amendments 93 and 128 to 132 amend provisions in the Bill relating to marria...

Moved by

Baroness Deech

94: Clause 14, page 13, line 13, at end insert—

“(1A) T...

My Lords, my noble and learned friend Lord Lloyd, the noble Baroness, Lady O’Cathain, and the nob...

My Lords, I have my name on this amendment and am delighted to support it by speaking briefly. Th...

My Lords, my name is also attached to this amendment. In my speech in Committee, I gave two examp...

My Lords, I, too, support the amendment. I will make two points, picking up on what the noble and...

My Lords, as an example of the category of person that the amendment is intended to cover, I supp...

My Lords, I listened carefully in Committee to the arguments why sisters, brothers, fathers, sons...

Before the noble Lord moves on to that point, does he advance the same argument that Lord Marks a...

I have the same answer for same-sex marriage and opposite-sex marriage. We do not ask that questi...

The fact is that there is to be a review. That is not in doubt. What possible exception can the n...

I thought I was giving three reasons. My first was about trying to get the churches to take a ste...

Is my noble friend saying that two sisters could do that? Could he make himself clearer? I did no...

The third component is the one I was coming to, about the nature of the relationships in civil pa...

I am sorry to interrupt the noble Lord. He said that the noble Baroness moving the amendment is t...

I understand that. However, the noble and learned Lord is trying to break the notion of civil par...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Alli, raises the standard of debate on this issue. We on these Ben...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, referred to me by name. The issues that various noble L...

We are not seeking to determine it this afternoon. We are merely asking that those experts, presu...

My Lords, I remind noble Lords that we are on Report. If noble Lords have already spoken, unless ...

My Lords, the noble Lord, in speaking in support of this amendment, has got exactly the right wag...

My Lords, as somebody who once drove teams of horses with wagons behind them at a competitive lev...

My Lords, when discussing previous amendments in Committee and on Report, much was said about tea...

My Lords, I oppose the amendments in this group. It is disingenuous of those who tabled and suppo...

My Lords, on a point of order, I do not think that anyone has suggested that fathers and daughter...

The point of my opposing the suggestion that that should even be considered in the review is that...

My Lords, I did not want to speak again, but given the way in which—

As my noble friend pointed out earlier in the day, we are on Report, so the only basis on which w...

The guideline is that a Member is allowed to explain himself on an important point. That is what ...

I will respond very briefly to the right reverend Prelate. Over the weeks I have listened to peop...

My noble friend is coming to the view that a review will come to a certain conclusion. We do not ...

I have listened to and taken parts in these debates ever since the noble Baroness, Lady O’Cathain...

My Lords, I find this a much more difficult issue than all noble Lords who have spoken so far. Th...

My Lords, this amendment would seek to extend the civil partnership review to include unpaid care...

It is proposed by the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, that the review should deal with,

“the ca...

The noble Lord, Lord Pannick, very adequately, concisely and accurately explained exactly what th...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, for moving the amendment and the other noble Lo...

My Lords, the comments made by some noble Lords have revealed misunderstandings on their part. I ...