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 |
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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 |