House of Commons Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Session 2012 - 13
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House of Commons

Tuesday 12 February 2013

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill

[FIRST AND SECOND SITTINGS]

Hugh Robertson

Agreed to

That—

(1)
the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 8.00 am on Tuesday 12

February) meet—

(a)
at 2.00 pm on Tuesday 12 February;

(b)
at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 14 February;

(c)
at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 26 February;

(d)
at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 28 February;

(e)
at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 5 March;

(f)
at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 7 March; and

(g)
at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 12 March;

(2)
the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following

Table;

TABLE

Date
Time
Witness

Tuesday 12 February
Until no later than
Department for Culture,

9.00 am
Media and Sport;

Department for Education

Tuesday 12 February
Until no later than
The Church of England

9.45 am

Tuesday 12 February
Until no later than
The Catholic Bishops’

10.30 am
Conference of England and

Wales

Tuesday 12 February
Until no later than
The Church in Wales

11.00 am

Tuesday 12 February
Until no later than
Lord Pannick QC; Baroness

11.25 am
Kennedy of the Shaws QC

Tuesday 12 February
Until no later than
Stonewall; Lesbian and Gay

3.00 pm
Foundation; Gender

Identity Research and

Education Society

Tuesday 12 February
Until no later than
Liberal Judaism; Board of

3.45 pm
Deputies of British Jews

Tuesday 12 February
Until no later than
Out4Marriage

4.15 pm

Tuesday 12 February
Until no later than
Coalition for Marriage

4.45 pm

Tuesday 12 February
Until no later than
Professor Julian Rivers,

5.15 pm
University of Bristol Law

School

Thursday 14 February
Until no later than
The Religious Society of

12.15 pm
Friends (Quakers in

Britain); the General

Assembly of Unitarian and

Free Christian Churches

Thursday 14 February
Until no later than
The Methodist Church; the

1.00 pm
United Reformed Church

Thursday 14 February
Until no later than
Liberty; Equality and

2.45 pm
Human Rights

Commission; The Co-

operative Group

Thursday 14 February
Until no later than
Schools OUT; PHSE

3.15 pm
Association

Thursday 14 February
Until no later than
The Very Reverend Jeffrey

3.45 pm
John, Dean of St Albans;

Alice Arnold, broadcaster

Thursday 14 February
Until no later than
Brendan O’Neill, journalist;

4.15 pm
Mark Jones, partner at

Ormerods Solicitors

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 12 February 2013
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Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, continued

(3)
proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in the

following order: Clauses 1 to 4; Schedule 1; Clauses 5 to 10; Schedule 2;

Clause 11; Schedules 3 and 4; Clause 12; Schedule 5; Clause 13; Schedule 6;

Clause 14; Schedule 7; Clauses 15 to 18; new Clauses; new Schedules;

remaining proceedings on the Bill; and

(4)
the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion at 5.00 pm on Tuesday 12 March.

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 12 February 2013
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Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, continued

Hugh Robertson

That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence received by the

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

Agreed to

Hugh Robertson

That, at this and any subsequent meeting at which oral evidence is to be heard, the

Committee shall sit in private until the witnesses are admitted.

Agreed to

[Adjourned until Thursday at 11.30 am



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