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House of Commons scrutinises Marriage bill

Updated finally on Friday morning

The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill is now being scrutinised by a Public Bill Committee.

Today was the first day of taking evidence, and those appearing included representatives of the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Church in Wales. The second day will be on Thursday.

A timetable of those appearing this week is at the bottom of this page. The same page lists the amendments filed to date. A PDF copy is also available here.

The evidence sessions can be watched via Parliament TV, at the following locations

Hansard written record of proceedings:

Tuesday’s notice of new amendments is here. The programme of future dates for the committee to meet is here.

The committee has started to publish memoranda submitted in written evidence. Of particular interest may be this memo from Lord Pannick QC.

Follow this link, and scroll down for others.

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Richard Ashby
Richard Ashby
11 years ago

Fascinating, thank you.

Father Ron Smith
Father Ron Smith
11 years ago

Dean Jeffrey John said this, during his submission to the Commission on Thursday: “Dr John: I wish that it were not Government and Parliament doing it (legislating for S.S.Marriage) alone in the face of objections from the Church. I do not actually agree that the Bill redefines marriage. It seems to me that marriage stays the same as a result of the measure; we are simply making a decision about admitting a different kind of person to it. I would compare it with the ordination of women in ’92. When the Church of England ordained women priests, we did not… Read more »

commentator
commentator
11 years ago

One can only agree with Fr Smith about the persuasiveness of Dr John’s argument. It is to be hoped that many people bother to read the account of his meeting with the Commons Committee.

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