Support For Marriage And Civil Partnerships

Details

Status: Draft

Groups: Social Issues

Description

There have been votes in Parliament on support for marriage and civil partnerships. The votes primarily relate to support via the tax system, but also cover equalities law and funding counselling for those applying to end a marriage or civil partnership.

[Person name] voted for/against supporting marriage and civil partnerships

Decisions

Decisions may be read as agreeing with the policy, or being against the policy.

month decision alignment strength decision type uses powers voting cluster participant count
2011-06 Bail (Amendment) — New Clause 5 — Transfer of personal allowances between spouses agree strong Division insufficent_info Multi-party against: Government No, Opposition divided 496
2011-07 Equality Act 2010 (Work on Ships and Hovercraft) Regulations 2011 — Application of Discrimination Laws to Mariners agree weak Division uses_powers Strong conflict: Gov proposes 549
2011-10 Protection of Freedoms Bill — Third Reading — DNA Retention, Clamping, CCTV, FOI Datasets agree weak Division insufficent_info Strong conflict: Gov proposes 547
2012-07 Finance Bill 2012 — Third Reading agree strong Division insufficent_info Strong conflict: Gov proposes 540
2013-01 Equality (Marriage) (Amendment) agree strong Division insufficent_info Low participation vote 117
2014-04 Finance Bill — Decline Second Reading against strong Division insufficent_info Strong conflict: Opposition proposes 532
2014-04 Prime Minister — Clause 11 — Tax relief for married couples and civil partners agree strong Division insufficent_info Strong conflict: Gov proposes 492
2020-06 Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill — New Clause 1 — Funding Counselling, Support and Research — Marriage and Civil Partnerships agree strong Division uses_powers Multi-party against: Government No, Opposition divided 429