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Chamber and committees

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill - UK Legislation

  • Submitted by: Alex Neil, Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 June 2013
  • Motion reference: S4M-06924
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 11 June 2013

That the Parliament agrees that the relevant provisions of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill introduced in the House of Commons on 24 January 2013 relating to the recognition of English and Welsh same sex marriages under the law of Scotland, the dissolution by the courts in Scotland and Northern Ireland of English and Welsh same sex marriages recognised as civil partnerships in Scotland and Northern Ireland and the recognition of the ending of those relationships, provisions on transgender people who married or entered into a civil partnership in England and Wales being able to stay in the relationship and obtain a full Gender Recognition Certificate and on errors in Certificates and fraud in relation to Certificates, the repeal of the Foreign Marriage Act 1892, marriages overseas, and transitional and consequential provisions, so far as these matters fall within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament or alter the executive competence of the Scottish Ministers, should be considered by the UK Parliament.


Supported by: Michael Matheson