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1133300

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Civil Partnerships: Heterosexuality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to use the powers in section 2(1) of the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019 to amend the Civil Partnership Act 2004 to enable two persons who are not of the same sex to form a civil partnership in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	266884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government intends to change the law by regulations to extend civil partnerships to opposite-sex couples, as required by the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019, by 31 December 2019.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/07/2019 11:31:22 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1124064

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Civil Partnerships: Heterosexuality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the legislation implementing civil partnerships for opposite sex couples will come into effect.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL15446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>The Civil Partnerships, Marriage and Deaths (Registration etc.) Act 2019 requires the Government to make regulations that extend eligibility to form a civil partnership to opposite-sex couples by no later than 31<sup> </sup>December 2019. The Government is working hard to ensure regulations are in place as place as soon as possible.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 15/05/2019 16:18:14 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

1050036

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Civil Partnerships: Heterosexuality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals on extending civil partnerships to heterosexual couples.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	213156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The government remains committed to extending civil partnerships to opposite-sex couples, and is supporting the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc.) Private Members Bill. We are considering with the Bill’s sponsors how best this could be used to extend civil partnerships to opposite-sex couples.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 04/02/2019 17:47:16 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1047575

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Civil Partnerships: Heterosexuality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 18 January (HL Deb, col 453), when the details of their consultation exercise on civil partnerships will be announced.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL13068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>Our consultation on civil partnerships will issue later this year. It will relate to issues concerning opposite-sex civil partnerships for intimate partners.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/02/2019 12:40:05 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

1042376

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Civil Partnerships: Heterosexuality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October to Question 179255, what progress her Department has made on introducing legislative proposals on the extension of civil partnerships to heterosexual couples.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	209385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>The government remains committed to extending civil partnerships to opposite-sex couples, and is supporting the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc.) Private Members Bill. We are considering with the Bill’s sponsors how best this could be used to extend civil partnerships to opposite-sex couples.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/01/2019 17:18:49 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1029122

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Civil Partnerships: Heterosexuality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will carry out a consultation on the planned reforms to civil partnerships announced in October; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL12470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>We intend to consult, during 2019, on the planned reforms to allow opposite-sex couples to form a civil partnership.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/01/2019 17:03:34 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

987780

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Civil Partnerships: Heterosexuality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the extension of civil partnerships to heterosexual couples.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	179255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>On 2 October the Prime Minister announced that we would extend the availability of civil partnerships to opposite-sex couples.</p><p>This important step for equality will give families more certainty and security, and we intend to introduce legislation as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/10/2018 16:22:35 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

984475

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Civil Partnerships: Heterosexuality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to introduce legislative proposals to allow opposite-sex couples to enter into a civil partnership.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	177374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>On 2 October the Prime Minister announced that we would extend the availability of civil partnerships to opposite-sex couples.</p><p>This important step for equality will give families more certainty and security, and we intend to introduce legislation as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 17/10/2018 15:03:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

939973

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Civil Partnerships: Heterosexuality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals in response to the Supreme Court's recent ruling on heterosexual civil partnerships.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	163584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>We have committed to undertake further work to inform a decision on civil partnerships and resolve the difference in treatment between same-sex and opposite-sex couples. We will bring forward legislative proposals on this issue in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/07/2018 13:32:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

932363

registered interest
date	28/06/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Civil Partnerships: Heterosexuality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of R (on the application of Steinfeld and Keidan) (Appellants) v Secretary of State for International Development (in substitution for the Home Secretary and the Education Secretary) (Respondent), whether they intend to bring forward legislation to change the law in respect of civil partnerships; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL9075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has committed to undertake further work to inform a decision on civil partnerships and will consider carefully the various options for this, including legislation. We set out our plans in ‘<em>The Future Operation of Civil Partnership: Gathering Further Information’ </em>command paper, published on 10 May.</p><p>We will keep those plans under review in light of the recent Supreme Court judgment.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/07/2018 16:28:26 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark