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Mr. Duncan: On a point of order, Mr. Cook. This is simply to seek your guidance on procedure. Is it permissible either by ruling of the Chair or by the will of the Committee for consecutive clauses to be voted in a block, or must they be taken individually?
The Chairman: They must be taken individually, save with the leave of the Committee. In other words, to avoid the rule, one would have to put the proposal to the Committee in those terms and seek leave of the Committee before presenting them. Schedule 11
Forbidden degrees of relationship: Scotland
Motion made, and Question put, That this schedule be the Eleventh schedule to the Bill:—
The Committee divided: Ayes 12, Noes 2.
Division No. 44]
AYES
Bercow, Mr. John
Borrow, Mr. David
Bryant, Chris
Carmichael, Mr. Alistair
Duncan, Mr. Alan
Love, Mr. Andrew
McGuire, Mrs. Anne
McKechin, Ann
Simon, Mr. Sion
Smith, Jacqui
Stewart, Mr. David
Watson, Mr. Tom
NOES
Chope, Mr. Christopher
Donaldson, Mr. Jeffrey M.
Question accordingly agreed to.
Schedule 11 agreed to.
Mrs. McGuire: On a point of order, Mr. Cook. Taking on board your advice, would it be appropriate to test the Committee's opinion as to whether clauses 85 to 114 may be taken en bloc at this point?
The Chairman: Taking clauses 85 to 114 together would be impossible because there are Government amendments in between those two clauses. Taking clauses 85 to 89 en bloc is a prospect that the Minister may chose to put to the Committee.
Mrs. McGuire: I ask that the Committee's will be tested on that proposal.
The Chairman: Is it the Committee's wish that the clauses be taken together?
Hon. Members: No. Clause 85
Appointment of authorised registrars
Motion made, and Question put, That the clause
Column Number: 136
stand part of the Bill:—
The Committee divided: Ayes 13, Noes 3.
Division No. 45]
AYES
Abbott, Ms Diane
Bercow, Mr. John
Borrow, Mr. David
Bryant, Chris
Carmichael, Mr. Alistair
Duncan, Mr. Alan
Love, Mr. Andrew
McGuire, Mrs. Anne
McKechin, Ann
Simon, Mr. Sion
Smith, Jacqui
Stewart, Mr. David
Watson, Mr. Tom
NOES
Chope, Mr. Christopher
Donaldson, Mr. Jeffrey M.
Selous, Andrew
Question accordingly agreed to.
Clause 85 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clause 86
Notice of proposal civil partnership
Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:—
The Committee divided: Ayes 13, Noes 2.
Division No. 46]
AYES
Abbott, Ms Diane
Bercow, Mr. John
Borrow, Mr. David
Bryant, Chris
Carmichael, Mr. Alistair
Duncan, Mr. Alan
Love, Mr. Andrew
McGuire, Mrs. Anne
McKechin, Ann
Simon, Mr. Sion
Smith, Jacqui
Stewart, Mr. David
Watson, Mr. Tom
NOES
Chope, Mr. Christopher
Donaldson, Mr. Jeffrey M.
Question accordingly agreed to.
Clause 86 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab): On a point of order, Mr. Cook. I am slightly confused and I hope that you can help me. I thought that we voted to take a bloc of four clauses together and I think that we just voted on one of them only.
9.45 am
The Chairman: You are right that leave of the Committee was sought to consider the clauses together. What seems to have escaped your attention is the fact that there was an objection in the form of a no vote. Therefore, the leave that was sought was negatived.
Column Number: 137
Clause 87
Civil partnership notice book
Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:—
The Committee divided: Ayes 13, Noes 2.
Division No. 47]
AYES
Abbott, Ms Diane
Bercow, Mr. John
Borrow, Mr. David
Bryant, Chris
Carmichael, Mr. Alistair
Duncan, Mr. Alan
Love, Mr. Andrew
McGuire, Mrs. Anne
McKechin, Ann
Simon, Mr. Sion
Smith, Jacqui
Stewart, Mr. David
Watson, Mr. Tom
NOES
Chope, Mr. Christopher
Donaldson, Mr. Jeffrey M.
Question accordingly agreed to.
Clause 87 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clause 88
Publicisation
Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:—
The Committee divided: Ayes 13, Noes 2.
Division No. 48]
AYES
Abbott, Ms Diane
Bercow, Mr. John
Borrow, Mr. David
Bryant, Chris
Carmichael, Mr. Alistair
Duncan, Mr. Alan
Love, Mr. Andrew
McGuire, Mrs. Anne
McKechin, Ann
Simon, Mr. Sion
Smith, Jacqui
Stewart, Mr. David
Watson, Mr. Tom
NOES
Chope, Mr. Christopher
Donaldson, Mr. Jeffrey M.
Question accordingly agreed to.
Clause 88 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clause 89
Early registration
Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:—
The Committee divided: Ayes 13, Noes 2.
Division No. 49]
AYES
Abbott, Ms Diane
Bercow, Mr. John
Borrow, Mr. David
Bryant, Chris
Carmichael, Mr. Alistair
Duncan, Mr. Alan
Love, Mr. Andrew
McGuire, Mrs. Anne
McKechin, Ann
Simon, Mr. Sion
Smith, Jacqui
Stewart, Mr. David
Watson, Mr. Tom
NOES
Chope, Mr. Christopher
Donaldson, Mr. Jeffrey M.
Question accordingly agreed to.
Clause 89 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clause 90
Objections to registration
Amendment made: No. 56, in clause 90, page 42, line
Column Number: 138
6, leave out
'of understanding the nature of civil partnership'
and insert 'of—
(i)
(i) understanding the nature of civil partnership, or
(ii) validly consenting to its formation'.—[Jacqui Smith.]
Motion made, and Question put, That the clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill:—
The Committee divided: Ayes 12, Noes 2.
Division No. 50]
AYES
Abbott, Ms Diane
Bercow, Mr. John
Borrow, Mr. David
Bryant, Chris
Carmichael, Mr. Alistair
Duncan, Mr. Alan
Love, Mr. Andrew
McGuire, Mrs. Anne
McKechin, Ann
Simon, Mr. Sion
Smith, Jacqui
Watson, Mr. Tom
NOES
Chope, Mr. Christopher
Donaldson, Mr. Jeffrey M.
Question accordingly agreed to.
Clause 90, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Mr. Chope: On a point of order, Mr. Cook. There is a lot of atmosphere in the Committee this morning. Apparently, people feel that it is unreasonable that we should have to go through all the clauses one by one. May I point out that, because of the Government's guillotine motion, it was not possible to put the equivalents of the individual clauses to a vote when they were debated under the England and Wales part of the Bill? The way in which the Government are trying to restrict debate is highly provocative and contentious. They refused to table in the other place a host of amendments that they tabled in this Committee, thereby taking up much more Committee time.
We saw an example earlier of an hon. Member who seems to be under the impression that the majority should always have sway, irrespective of any other consideration. Today, in the other place, minority rights—the right of people to be able to go hunting—will be debated. There are minority and majority rights at stake in this Committee, and it is important that people should bear that in mind.
The Chairman: Order. The hon. Gentleman has had the opportunity to put his views on the record. Not only was the programme motion fully discussed by the whole Committee, but it was in fact extended. His comments are not a point of order for the Chair and are therefore inappropriate at this moment.
Column Number: 139
Clause 91
Place of registration
Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:—
The Committee divided: Ayes 13, Noes 2.
Division No. 51]
AYES
Abbott, Ms Diane
Bercow, Mr. John
Borrow, Mr. David
Bryant, Chris
Carmichael, Mr. Alistair
Duncan, Mr. Alan
Love, Mr. Andrew
McGuire, Mrs. Anne
McKechin, Ann
Simon, Mr. Sion
Smith, Jacqui
Stewart, Mr. David
Watson, Mr. Tom
NOES
Chope, Mr. Christopher
Donaldson, Mr. Jeffrey M.
Question accordingly agreed to.
Clause 91 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clause 92
The civil partnership schedule
Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:—
The Committee divided: Ayes 13, Noes 2.
Division No. 52]
AYES
Abbott, Ms Diane
Bercow, Mr. John
Borrow, Mr. David
Bryant, Chris
Carmichael, Mr. Alistair
Duncan, Mr. Alan
Love, Mr. Andrew
McGuire, Mrs. Anne
McKechin, Ann
Simon, Mr. Sion
Smith, Jacqui
Stewart, Mr. David
Watson, Mr. Tom
NOES
Chope, Mr. Christopher
Donaldson, Mr. Jeffrey M.
Question accordingly agreed to.
Clause 92 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clause 93
Further provision as to registration
Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:—
The Committee divided: Ayes 13, Noes 2.
Division No. 53]
AYES
Abbott, Ms Diane
Bercow, Mr. John
Borrow, Mr. David
Bryant, Chris
Carmichael, Mr. Alistair
Duncan, Mr. Alan
Love, Mr. Andrew
McGuire, Mrs. Anne
McKechin, Ann
Simon, Mr. Sion
Smith, Jacqui
Stewart, Mr. David
Watson, Mr. Tom
NOES
Chope, Mr. Christopher
Donaldson, Mr. Jeffrey M.
Question accordingly agreed to.
Clause 93 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clause 94
Civil partnership with former spouse
Motion made, and Question put, That the clause
Column Number: 140
stand part of the Bill:—
The Committee divided: Ayes 13, Noes 2.
Division No. 54]
AYES
Abbott, Ms Diane
Bercow, Mr. John
Borrow, Mr. David
Bryant, Chris
Carmichael, Mr. Alistair
Duncan, Mr. Alan
Love, Mr. Andrew
McGuire, Mrs. Anne
McKechin, Ann
Simon, Mr. Sion
Smith, Jacqui
Stewart, Mr. David
Watson, Mr. Tom
NOES
Chope, Mr. Christopher
Donaldson, Mr. Jeffrey M.
Question accordingly agreed to.
Clause 94 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clause 95
Certificates of no impediment for Part 2 purposes
Motion made, and Question put, That the clause stand part of the Bill:—
The Committee divided: Ayes 13, Noes 2.
Division No. 55]
AYES
Abbott, Ms Diane
Bercow, Mr. John
Borrow, Mr. David
Bryant, Chris
Carmichael, Mr. Alistair
Duncan, Mr. Alan
Love, Mr. Andrew
McGuire, Mrs. Anne
McKechin, Ann
Simon, Mr. Sion
Smith, Jacqui
Stewart, Mr. David
Watson, Mr. Tom
NOES
Chope, Mr. Christopher
Donaldson, Mr. Jeffrey M.
Question accordingly agreed to.
Clause 95 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
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