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Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill

A Bill To amend the Civil Partnership Act 2004 to provide that opposite sex couples mayenter into a civil partnership; and for connected purposes.

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)

The story so farThe Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 21 October 2015 by Tim Loughton (Conservative). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Commons 21 Oct 2015
  2. 2nd reading Commons Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 12 May 2016.