Tag Archive for civil partnerships

Provisions for same-sex marriage

Lord Norton

On Thursday, the House of Lords approved various orders under the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act 2013 to enable same-sex marriages to take place.  You can read the debate here.  The Government has managed to complete the necessary administrative action ahead of schedule, with the effect that the first marriage will be able to take place…

Spouses and partners

Lord Norton

The wives of male peers are styled Ladies.  The husbands of women peers receive no prefix.  Now, with civil partnerships, Iain Dale has done a post on the question asked in a blogpost by Shane Greer of the Telegraph: ‘in the event that a member of a civil partnership becomes a Lord (or indeed a Lady), shouldn’t the other…