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Commons Chamber
Persecution of Christians Overseas - Thu 18 Jul 2019
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Philp (CON - Croydon South) There are regular crackdowns and raids on private Christian ceremonies, and Christians in Saudi Arabia - Speech Link
2: Lyn Brown (LAB - West Ham) She had heard the stories of rape, torture and murder, and of forced conversion, forced marriage and - Speech Link
3: David Linden (SNP - Glasgow East) In Pakistan, Christian women are particularly vulnerable to abduction, rape and forced marriage. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill
Committee: 1st sitting (Hansard - continued): House of Lords - Mon 15 Jul 2019
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: None marriage being conducted, or(iv) permit premises to be used for a same-sex marriage ceremony,if the - Speech Link
2: Lord Morrow (DUP - Life peer) ceremonies and for not employing a person married to a member of the same sex. - Speech Link
3: Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown (DUP - Life peer) a direct attack on it in the promotion of same-sex marriage. - Speech Link
4: Lord Bruce of Bennachie (LDEM - Life peer) or be required to perform or officiate at such a marriage. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill
3rd reading: House of Commons - Tue 09 Jul 2019
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Maria Miller (CON - Basingstoke) Gentleman made about the importance of equal marriage. - Speech Link
2: Lord Herbert of South Downs (CON - Life peer) No individual is compelled to enter a same-sex marriage. - Speech Link
3: Lord Herbert of South Downs (CON - Life peer) Hodges, to allow same-sex marriage throughout the United States. - Speech Link
4: Ged Killen (LAB - Rutherglen and Hamilton West) , and we can’t have marriage because everybody knows that marriage is between a man and a woman.” - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Sharia Law: Marriages - Thu 04 Jul 2019
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Keen of Elie (CON - Life peer) This exploration will be conducted independently of the wider Law Commission review of marriage ceremony - Speech Link
2: Baroness Manzoor (CON - Life peer) We can have a register that allows imams to register nikah ceremonies easily. - Speech Link
3: Lord Keen of Elie (CON - Life peer) Our national marriage law prevails in these matters. - Speech Link
4: Lord Keen of Elie (CON - Life peer) In particular, the reference to civilly registering a marriage is inept. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Sharia Law Courts - Thu 02 May 2019
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Naz Shah (LAB - Bradford West) Their nikah—their marriage contract—does not give them the rights that a civil marriage does. - Speech Link
2: Stuart C McDonald (SNP - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) A marriage ceremony (Nikah) at Glasgow Central Mosque must also be a religious marriage (i.e. the legal - Speech Link
3: Stuart C McDonald (SNP - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) the position in Scotland, where priests are generally able to conduct both the religious and civil ceremonies - Speech Link
4: Edward Argar (CON - Charnwood) and religious ceremonies. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill
Ping Pong: House of Commons - Fri 15 Mar 2019
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Tim Loughton (CON - East Worthing and Shoreham) available before the end of 2019, and I look forward to a series of invitations to civil partnership ceremonies - Speech Link
2: Tim Loughton (CON - East Worthing and Shoreham) I have had a number of emails from people who live abroad or who have had ceremonies in other jurisdictions - Speech Link
3: Kevin Foster (CON - Torbay) Those entering into marriage will have varied views. - Speech Link
4: Julian Knight (CON - Solihull) It will bolster marriage and the alternatives to marriage, and afford long overdue recognition to both - Speech Link
5: Kevin Foster (CON - Torbay) The intention was to provide much of the legal status of marriage without actually having a civil marriage - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Islamic Ceremony: Civil Marriage Registration - Thu 28 Feb 2019
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Berridge (CON - Life peer) My Lords, recent High Court decisions show that this is an issue that affects religious ceremonies generally - Speech Link
2: Baroness Burt of Solihull (LDEM - Life peer) My Lords, marriage is not just some romantic notion of happily ever after—after 25 years of marriage, - Speech Link
3: Lord Keen of Elie (CON - Life peer) But we cannot simply recognise all informal types of marriage. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill
2nd reading (Hansard): House of Lords - Fri 18 Jan 2019
Department for International Development

Mentions:
1: Baroness Barker (LDEM - Life peer) Back in those days, he thought that there were times when it was not appropriate for people have their ceremonies - Speech Link
2: Baroness Featherstone (LDEM - Life peer) David Cameron supported same-sex marriage because he believed in marriage. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Brinton (LDEM - Life peer) celebrants of those occasions, both formal registrars and those who have trained to carry out these moving ceremonies - Speech Link
4: Baroness Thornton (LAB - Life peer) friend Lord Harrison asked Her Majesty’s Government what plans they had to enable humanist wedding ceremonies - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Humanist Marriage Ceremonies - Thu 22 Nov 2018
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (CON - Life peer) ceremonies, announced in the recent Budget. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (CON - Life peer) We are looking to reform the marriage ceremonies for all people to make sure that there is equality and - Speech Link
3: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (CON - Life peer) We should listen to what it has to say and look at all marriage ceremonies across all sorts of organisations - Speech Link
4: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (CON - Life peer) We need to make sure that all marriage ceremonies are fair for everybody. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Veterans Strategy - Thu 15 Nov 2018
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Mark Francois (CON - Rayleigh and Wickford) I believe that this event really captured the imagination of the British people, with ceremonies held - Speech Link
2: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (CON - Berwick-upon-Tweed) PTSD following his tour in Afghanistan in 2010.This weekend may have potentially seen the end of our marriage - Speech Link