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Bill · started in the Lords

Cohabitation Rights Bill [HL]

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Lords)

The story so farThe Cohabitation Rights Bill was introduced in the House of Lords on 13 June 2016 by Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (Liberal Democrat). It is now at second reading in the House of Lords. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

What the bill does

A Bill to provide certain protections for persons who live together as a couple or have lived together as a couple; and to make provision about the property of deceased persons who are survived by a cohabitant; and for connected purposes.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Lords 13 Jun 2016
  2. 2nd reading Lords Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 2 May 2017.