Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill

Author: Nicki Georghiou

PDF Published: Thursday 13 Feb 2020 (SB 20-15)

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- Executive Summary
- Introduction
  - Terminology
- Background
  - History of marriage and civil partnership in Scotland
  - Supreme Court Judgment
  - England, Wales and Northern Ireland
  - Cohabitation
  - How do civil partnerships and marriage differ?
  - Statistics on marriage and civil partnership
  - International comparisons on legal unions
- Views on different sex civil partnership
- What will the Bill do?
  - Civil partnership for different sex couples
  - Future considerations
- Costs
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Image: Statistics on marriage and civil partnership

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