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registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2014-06-04
answering body
Department for Culture Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Marriage more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce a measure enabling civil partners to marry. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Lester of Herne Hill more like this
uin HL7 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-06-17more like thismore than 2014-06-17
answer text <p> </p><p>Section 9 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 provides that civil partners may convert their civil partnership into marriage under regulations to be made by my Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Her Majesty's Government is working hard to ensure that couples wanting to convert their civil partnerships into marriages are able to do so as soon as possible. The aim is to do this before the end of 2014.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Northover more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-06-17T13:18:19.8348924Zmore like thismore than 2014-06-17T13:18:19.8348924Z
answering member
2539
label Biography information for Baroness Northover more like this
tabling member
2037
label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill more like this