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<p>The report on the conclusions of the Civil Partnership Review (England and Wales)
was published on 26 June 2014. Copies have been placed in the House Libraries.</p><p>A
majority of respondents who expressed a view on them were opposed to each of the three
main changes to civil partnership. There was therefore no united call for change from
respondents to the consultation at this stage.</p><p>Of the over 10,000 online survey
answers to each of the relevant questions:</p><p>• Less than a third of respondents
supported abolition of civil partnership</p><p>• The majority were against closing
civil partnership to new couples</p><p>• Over three-quarters were against opening
up civil partnership to opposite sex couples.</p><p>Several important organisations
thought it was too soon to consider making changes to civil partnership – this should
wait until we know the impact of extending marriage to same sex couples. Other organisations,
in contrast, put forward a case for opening up civil partnerships to opposite sex
couples now, for example because civil partnership and marriage were different relationships
and couples should have equal access to both.</p><p>Given the lack of consensus on
the way forward, the Government will not be making any changes.</p><p> </p>
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