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Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 Report
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PDF Published: Tuesday 31 Mar 2020 (EHRiCS052020R1)
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    • Introduction
      • Parliamentary scrutiny of the Bill
      • Committee consideration of the Bill
      • Membership changes
    • Background to the Bill
      • Purpose of the Bill
      • Timeline of civil partnership in Scotland
      • Scottish marriage, civil partnership and cohabitation
      • The international context
      • Rest of the UK
      • What does the Bill do?
      • What the Bill does not do
      • Future considerations
      • Report remit and terminology
    • Key issues
      • Extension of civil partnerships to different sex couples
        • Strengthening equality
        • Increased choice and access to rights and financial protections
        • Symbolic differences between marriage and civil partnership
      • Interim recognition of different sex civil partnerships as marriage
      • Dissolution of a civil partnership
        • Adultery
        • Gender recognition
        • Religious divorce
      • Religious or belief registration
    • Wider issues beyond the specific provisions of this Bill
      • Changing a marriage to a civil partnership
      • Cohabitation
      • Costs and demand
    • Consideration by other Committees
      • Delegated powers
      • Finance
    • Policy and financial memoranda
    • Recommendation on the general principles of the Bill
    • Annexe A: Written and oral evidence and engagement
    • Annexe B: Minutes of meetings
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