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HANSARD Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) BillMy hon. Friend is not correct. If a child is born before 24 weeks with signs of life, the birth will be registered. If a child is born before 24 weeks with no signs of life—what…15 Mar 2019HANSARD Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) BillI assure my hon. Friend that where there are different options—in France for example—the divorce rate among those who are conventionally married is rather greater than it is for…15 Mar 2019HANSARD Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) BillI completely respect my hon. Friend’s view, but the reality is that there are 3.2 million opposite-sex cohabiting couples who have no protections within the law, and half of them…15 Mar 2019HANSARD Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) BillI very much doubt it.15 Mar 2019HANSARD Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) BillAgain, that is a good point. As the law is framed at the moment, they would not qualify. Some generous schemes might recognise that there was a dependent relationship, but those…15 Mar 2019HANSARD Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) BillMy hon. Friend, who attended previous debates as assiduously as my hon. Friend the Member for South Suffolk (James Cartlidge), raises a good point. I think it is the noble Lord…15 Mar 2019HANSARD Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) BillAs I think I said rather unfairly to one of our colleagues who made a not-dissimilar slightly technical point on Report, nobody likes a smart-arse. [ Interruption. ] My hon.…15 Mar 2019HANSARD Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) BillThere are some financial consequences—mostly about private pensions—just as there were when civil partnerships were introduced for same-sex couples. That was accounted for in the…15 Mar 2019HANSARD Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) BillAs I have mentioned, how one converts is one of them. My hon. Friend may be aware that the Scottish Parliament has been slightly ahead of us in that it has been making…15 Mar 2019HANSARD Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) BillIs my hon. Friend talking about civil partnerships?15 Mar 2019HANSARD Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) BillEverybody wants to chip in, and of course I will give way to my right hon. Friend.15 Mar 2019HANSARD Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) BillThat is a very good point. I appreciate my hon. Friend’s support in saying that the Bill is very good in principle, but I also think it is very good in practice. If he remembers,…15 Mar 2019HANSARD Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) BillAs I will come on to say shortly, there have been some ups and downs with getting this Bill through. Back in October, on the civil partnerships clauses, the Prime Minister…15 Mar 2019HANSARD Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) BillI know my hon. Friend is always vigilant, rather than suspicious. Having sat through many Committees over many years in this House arguing the toss over whether the word “may”…15 Mar 2019HANSARD Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) BillThank you so much, Mr Speaker. Having made the journey back home, I eventually got to my office to realise that I had left my mobile phone in my jacket that I had taken off, so…15 Mar 2019HANSARD Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) BillFirst, I echo the comments made by you, Mr Speaker, and all other Members on the senseless and brutal murder in New Zealand. New Zealand might be one of the furthest countries…15 Mar 2019HANSARD Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) BillI beg to move, That this House agrees with Lords amendment 1.15 Mar 2019HANSARDSpeaker’s Statement: New Zealand Terror AttacksI beg to move, That the House sit in private. Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 163), and negatived. Royal Assent15 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Interim Trade Tariffs5. What plans he has to publish proposals on interim trade tariffs after the UK leaves the EU.14 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Interim Trade TariffsNow that the details have been published at last, I noticed that slippers are going to be charged at 17% less under these tariffs. Given the disorientation of some ministerial…14 Mar 2019