Policy paper

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: impact assessment and documents relating to the journey of the Bill through Parliament

Information about the likely impact, letters and other legal information about the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill.

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Impact assessment: Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act

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Government response to report by the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee on Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill

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Letter from Baroness Stowell to Baroness Thomas of Winchester: supplementary government response to report by the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee

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Letter: Hugh Robertson MP to Dr Hywel Francis MP - summary of issues for the Joint Committee on Human Rights

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Note for the Joint Committee on Human Rights: Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill

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Supplementary note for the Joint Committee on Human Rights (June 2013): Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill

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Further Supplementary note for the Joint Committee on Human Rights (June 2013): Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill

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Letter from Equalities Minister Maria Miller to Dr Hywel Francis MP relating to issues highlighted in Human Rights Committee report

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Government response to Joint Committee on Human Rights report: Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill

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Details

These documents explain different parts of the process of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill through Parliament.

You can read the Bill and see its position in the legislative process on the Parliament website.

You can also read a set of documents explaining our policy on equal marriage.

What’s on this page

These documents include:

You can view the original reports published by the two parliamentary committees on their respective websites, using the links above.

Updates to this page

Published 2 February 2013
Last updated 30 August 2013 + show all updates
  1. Replaced 'Impact assessment: Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill' PDF with 'Impact assessment: Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act' PDF

  2. Further Supplementary note for the JCHR added

  3. Updated publication with revised title to reflect additional documents uploaded.

  4. Updated short guide to the bill to reflect current status.

  5. Added in a supplementary note to the Joint Committee on Human Rights, published in June 2013

  6. Added letter from Hugh Robertson and Note for Joint Committee on Human Rights (was originally published on culture.gov.uk in February 2013, but went missing in the transition to GOV.UK).

  7. First published.

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