The Government has consulted twice before on the continued operation of civil partnership: in 2012, during the passage of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, and again in 2014. In both, the Government invited views on three possible options: whether civil partnerships should be abolished, closed to new registrations or extended to opposite-sex couples. The previous consultations did not reveal any consensus about how civil partnership should develop and the Government therefore decided not to make any changes to the civil partnership regime. Continue reading
Civil partnership: yet another consultation?
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