Session 2012 - 13
Internet Publications
Other Bills before Parliament


 
 

87

 

House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 5 March 2013

 

Public Bill Committee

 

New Amendments handed in are marked thus Parliamentary Star

 

Parliamentary Star - whiteAmendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance

 

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill


 

Note

 

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the

 

Committee [12 February].

 


 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Tim Loughton

 

Jim Shannon

 

26

 

Clause  2,  page  4,  line  13,  at end insert—

 

“Marriage counselling etc.

 

25B(1)  

A person does not contravene section 29 only because the person conducts—

 

(a)    

a marriage preparation course,

 

(b)    

a marriage counselling or guidance service, or

 

(c)    

an agency to help people find a spouse,

 

            

and does not extend those services to marriages of same-sex couples.’.

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Tim Loughton

 

Jim Shannon

 

27

 

Clause  2,  page  4,  line  13,  at end insert—

 

‘Marriage according to religious rites: Opt-in and opt-out activity

 

25B(1)  

A person does not contravene section 29 only because the person—

 

(a)    

refrains from undertaking an opt-in activity, or

 

(b)    

undertakes an opt-out activity.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 5 March 2013                     

88

 

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, continued

 
 

      (2)  

Expressions used in this paragraph and in section 2 of the Marriage (Same Sex

 

Couples) Act 2013 have the same meaning in this paragraph as in that

 

section.’.

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Tim Loughton

 

Jim Shannon

 

28

 

Clause  2,  page  4,  line  13,  at end insert—

 

‘Religious premises: Trustees

 

25B(1)  

A person who is the trustee of a trust for the advancement of religion does not

 

contravene section 29 only because he refuses to consent to premises owned or

 

controlled by the trust being used for marriages of same sex couples.’.

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Tim Loughton

 

Jim Shannon

 

29

 

Clause  2,  page  4,  line  13,  at end insert—

 

‘(6)    

For the purposes of section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, no regard may be had

 

by any public authority to any decision by a relevant governing authority or

 

relevant religious organisation to give any consent or to refuse to give any consent

 

provided for in sections 2, 4, 5, or 7 of this Act’.

 


 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Tim Loughton

 

Jim Shannon

 

52

 

Clause  3,  page  4,  line  24,  leave out ‘marriage’ and insert ‘union’.

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Tim Loughton

 

Jim Shannon

 

53

 

Clause  3,  page  4,  line  26,  leave out ‘marriage’ and insert ‘union’.

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Tim Loughton

 

Jim Shannon

 

54

 

Clause  3,  page  4,  line  41,  leave out ‘marriage’ and insert ‘union’.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 5 March 2013                     

89

 

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Tim Loughton

 

Jim Shannon

 

51

 

Clause  4,  page  5,  line  21,  at end insert—

 

‘“recognised” means recognised according to the ordinary customs and

 

usage of the organisation. In the event of a dispute between the members

 

over which person or persons are recognised for the purpose of giving

 

consent for the purposes of this section, the Secretary of State shall

 

consult all members of the relevant religious organisation to determine

 

which person or persons are recognised. This shall include power to order

 

a ballot of members in which a quorum of 66 per cent. shall be required

 

and recognition shall be determined by a majority vote.

 

“members” means those whose names have appeared on a formal

 

membership roll kept by the relevant religious organisation for a period

 

of at least 12 months prior to written consent being given. If no such roll

 

is kept, then the members shall be deemed to be those who have attended

 

worship at the place of worship for a majority of services of worship

 

during the 12 months prior to written consent being given.’.

 


 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Tim Loughton

 

Jim Shannon

 

55

 

Schedule  1,  page  17,  line  33,  leave out paragraph 3.

 

Chris Bryant

 

Stephen Doughty

 

Kate Green

 

43

 

Schedule  1,  page  18,  line  7,  leave out from beginning to end of line 12.

 


 

Kate Green

 

Chris Bryant

 

Stephen Williams

 

Stephen Doughty

 

2

 

Clause  8,  page  8,  line  17,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.

 

Kate Green

 

Chris Bryant

 

Stephen Williams

 

Stephen Doughty

 

3

 

Clause  8,  page  8,  line  20,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 5 March 2013                     

90

 

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Tim Loughton

 

Jim Shannon

 

49

 

Clause  9,  page  9,  line  5,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

Such a procedure must include a ceremony which reflects the requirements of

 

Section 1(2).’.

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Tim Loughton

 

Jim Shannon

 

50

 

Clause  9,  page  9,  line  8,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

Such a procedure must include a ceremony which reflects the requirements of

 

Section 1(2).’.

 

Dr Julian Huppert

 

7

 

Clause  9,  page  10,  line  24,  at end insert—

 

‘(9)    

Where a civil partnership formed under part 1, section 96 of the Civil Partnership

 

Act (Civil Partnership with former spouse) is converted into a marriage under this

 

section—

 

(a)    

the civil partnership ends on the conversion, and

 

(b)    

if both partners so elect, the resulting marriage is to be treated as having

 

subsisted since the marriage dissolved under Schedule 2 of the Gender

 

Recognition Act 2004 was formed.’.

 


 

Jim Shannon

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Tim Loughton

 

41

 

Schedule  2,  page  21,  line  29,  leave out paragraph 2.

 

Jim Shannon

 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

46

 

Schedule  2,  page  21,  line  41,  leave out ‘, or by virtue of paragraph 2,’.

 

Jim Shannon

 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

47

 

Schedule  2,  page  21,  line  42,  leave out ‘or 2(2)’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 5 March 2013                     

91

 

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, continued

 
 

Jim Shannon

 

Tim Loughton

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

48

 

Schedule  2,  page  22,  line  28,  leave out sub-sub-paragraph (b).

 


 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Jim Shannon

 

Tim Loughton

 

39

 

Clause  11,  page  10,  line  41,  leave out subsections (1) and (2).

 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Tim Loughton

 

Jim Shannon

 

61

 

Parliamentary Star - white    

Clause  11,  page  10,  line  41,  leave out subsection (1) and insert—

 

‘(1)    

In this Act—

 

(a)    

references to “marriage” in relation to same sex couples shall be changed

 

to “union”.

 

(b)    

in the law of England and Wales, “union” has the same effect in relation

 

to same sex couples as “marriage” has in relation to opposite sex

 

couples.’.

 


 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Tim Loughton

 

Jim Shannon

 

44

 

Schedule  3,  page  23,  leave out from line 30 to line 29 on page 24.

 


 

Mr David Burrowes

 

Jim Shannon

 

Tim Loughton

 

42

 

Schedule  4,  page  26,  line  9,  leave out paragraphs 3 and 4.

 

Mr Rob Wilson

 

37

 

Schedule  4,  page  26,  line  14,  leave out sub-paragraph (2).

 

Mr Rob Wilson

 

38

 

Schedule  4,  page  26,  line  21,  leave out sub-paragraph (3).


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 5 March 2013                     

92

 

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, continued

 
 

Kate Green

 

Chris Bryant

 

56

 

Schedule  4,  page  33,  line  40,  leave out paragraph 15 and insert—

 

‘15(1)  

Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 (work: exceptions) is amended as follows.

 

      (2)  

Omit sub-paragraph 18(1).’.

 

Kate Green

 

62

 

Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  4,  page  34,  line  4,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

a woman who is married to a woman who is her spouse where—

 

(i)    

the spouse is a woman by virtue of a full gender recognition

 

certificate having been issued under the Gender Recognition

 

Act 2004, and

 

(ii)    

the marriage subsisted before the time when that certificate

 

was issued.’.

 

Kate Green

 

64

 

Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  4,  page  34,  line  21,  at end insert—

 

  ‘(2A)  

In subsection (3) after “widow’s”, insert “or a survivor same sex spouse’s,

 

where within (4C) below,”.’.

 

Kate Green

 

63

 

Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  4,  page  34,  line  22,  leave out ‘after “partner’s” insert “or surviving same

 

sex spouse’s”.’ and insert ‘—

 

(a)    

after “partner’s” insert “or surviving same sex spouse’s”;

 

(b)    

at end insert “but this limitation does not apply to a surviving same sex

 

spouse by virtue of gender recognition as defined in (4C) below.”.’.

 

Kate Green

 

65

 

Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  4,  page  34,  line  22,  at end insert—

 

  ‘(3A)  

After subsection (4B) insert—

 

“(4C)  

A surviving same sex spouse is ‘a same sex spouse by virtue of

 

gender recognition’ where she was married to—

 

(a)    

a spouse who was a woman by virtue of a full gender

 

recognition certificate having been issued under the Gender

 

Recognition Act 2004, and

 

(b)    

the marriage subsisted before the time when that certificate

 

was issued.”.’.

 

Kate Green

 

66

 

Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  4,  page  34,  line  29,  leave out ‘is a man married to a woman, and the

 

earner’ and insert ‘is a man married to a woman, or a woman within (4) below who is

 

married to a woman, and the earner’.

 

Kate Green

 

67

 

Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  4,  page  34,  line  32,  leave out ‘is a married woman, a man married to a


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 5 March 2013                     

93

 

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, continued

 
 

man, or a civil partner, and the earner dies’ and insert ‘is a married woman except within

 

(4) below, a man married to man, or a civil partner, and the earner dies’.

 

Kate Green

 

68

 

Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  4,  page  34,  line  34,  at end insert—

 

    ‘(4)  

A woman by virtue of a full gender recognition certificate having been issued

 

under the Gender Recognition Act 2004, whose marriage subsisted before the

 

time when that certificate was issued.’.

 

Kate Green

 

69

 

Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  4,  page  34,  line  35,  leave out ‘, in subsection (4), for “widower or

 

surviving civil partner of an earner” substitute “widower of a female earner, the survivor

 

of a marriage with an earner of the same sex, or the survivor of a civil partnership with an

 

earner,”.’ and insert ‘—

 

(a)    

in subsection (4), for “widower or surviving civil partner of an earner”

 

substitute “widower of a female earner, the survivor of a marriage with

 

an earner of the same sex, or the survivor of a civil partnership with an

 

earner,”;

 

(b)    

at the end insert—

 

  “(5)  

The limitation in subsection 4 shall not apply to the

 

survivor of a marriage with an earner of the same sex in

 

which the survivor was married to—

 

(a)    

a spouse who was a woman by virtue of a full

 

gender recognition certificate having been issued

 

under the Gender Recognition Act 2004, and

 

(b)    

the marriage subsisted before the time when that

 

certificate was issued.”.’.

 


 

Dr Julian Huppert

 

5

 

Schedule  5,  page  36,  leave out lines 10 to 37 and insert—

 

            

‘Section 4 (successful applications): for subsections (2) and (3) substitute—

 

  “(2)  

The certificate is to be a full gender recognition certificate if—

 

(a)    

the applicant is not a civil partner and does not request an

 

interim gender recognition certificate,

 

(b)    

or the applicant is a civil partner who does not request an

 

interim gender recognition certificate and the Panel has

 

decided to issue a full gender recognition certificate to the

 

other party to the civil partnership.

 

      (3)  

The certificate is to be an interim gender recognition certificate if

 

either—

 

(a)    

the applicant is a party to a protected civil partnership and

 

the other party to the civil partnership has not made an

 

application under section 1(1),


 
contents continue
 

© Parliamentary copyright
Revised 5 March 2013