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HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, I have already spoken to Motion B. I beg to move. Motion B agreed. Motion C27 Apr 2022HANSARDCoronavirus Act 2020 (Delay in Expiry: Inquests, Courts and Tribunals, and Statutory Sick Pay) (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022That the Regulations laid before the House on 23 March be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 25 April .26 Apr 2022HANSARDCoronavirus Act 2020 (Delay in Expiry: Inquests, Courts and Tribunals, and Statutory Sick Pay) (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Coronavirus Act 2020 (Delay in Expiry: Inquests, Courts and Tribunals, and Statutory Sick Pay) (England and Wales and Northern Ireland)…25 Apr 2022HANSARDCoronavirus Act 2020 (Delay in Expiry: Inquests, Courts and Tribunals, and Statutory Sick Pay) (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for his contribution and the spirit in which he framed his remarks, acknowledging the justification for this measure to extend the powers…25 Apr 2022HANSARDCoronavirus Act 2020 (Delay in Expiry: Inquests, Courts and Tribunals, and Statutory Sick Pay) (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022My Lords, last month, 25 March marked two years since the Coronavirus Act gained Royal Assent. This Act gave us the necessary powers to tackle the direct health impacts of the…25 Apr 2022HANSARDHumanist MarriagesMy Lords, they do. My noble friend refers to the conduct of marriage in a solemn and seemly way. That is, of course, available outdoors, whether in a religious or civil setting.…25 Apr 2022HANSARDHumanist MarriagesMy Lords, the Government consulted in 2014 on making provision for non-religious belief marriages, including a choice of location, using an order-making power. The consultation…25 Apr 2022HANSARDHumanist MarriagesMy Lords, if the question is directed to the department that I represent from the Dispatch Box today, there is no question of consideration of a belief that any such…25 Apr 2022HANSARDHumanist MarriagesMy Lords, humanists advance a position as a belief system, as opposed to the simple negation of religious faith. We are advised that establishing a further category of wedding…25 Apr 2022HANSARDHumanist MarriagesMy Lords, precisely not. The situation is that in Scotland the rules of marriage are, as I said in an answer to another question, based on the identity of the celebrant. In…25 Apr 2022HANSARDHumanist MarriagesBecause, my Lords, the question of marriage is a complex one and the Government do not wish to act prematurely where to do so may be to the prejudice of one group at the expense…25 Apr 2022HANSARDHumanist MarriagesMy Lords, I am perfectly happy to arrange that someone from the relevant department should meet the noble Baroness—as, indeed, my colleague in the other place, Tom Pursglove MP,…25 Apr 2022HANSARDHumanist MarriagesMy Lords, I repeat the answer I gave to the previous question.25 Apr 2022HANSARDHumanist MarriagesMy Lords, the High Court in its decision found that the Government were entitled to proceed by way of clarifying the law as it relates to all bodies, religious, secular or…25 Apr 2022HANSARDHumanist MarriagesMy Lords, at present in England and Wales, other groups—faith groups or secular people—cannot marry where they want: it is a matter of the venue, as opposed to the celebrant, and…25 Apr 2022HANSARDHumanist MarriagesMy Lords, legislating to allow outdoor civil weddings on existing approved premises was a long-standing commitment, accelerated to respond to the highly exceptional circumstances…25 Apr 2022HANSARDHumanist MarriagesMy Lords, that would again be premature until we see what the Law Commission recommends.25 Apr 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 26, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 26A.04 Apr 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am grateful to the noble Lord for his observations. I was not present in the Chamber but I listened to his submission to your Lordships via the TV link earlier and will make…04 Apr 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMoved by That this House do not insist on its Amendment 27, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 27A.04 Apr 2022