Same-Sex Marriage in Bermuda
Debate between Jamie Stone and Harriett Baldwin(6 years, 10 months ago)
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Harriett Baldwin
I fully accept the eloquent way in which the right hon. Gentleman makes his case. He will be very aware that the rights on which he speaks so eloquently need to be balanced against the rights of self-determination, based on a democratically elected Government. That is the judgment the Secretary of State had to make. In this case, he decided that the situation was not exceptional enough for him to use those rights.
Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) (LD)
I am personally stunned by what has happened. Surely this is an exceptional case? The hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) is to be congratulated on raising it. May I press the Minister again? Will she please come back to the House with more detail on the conversations between the Governor and the Foreign Secretary? This place deserves that.
Harriett Baldwin
I think I have, in an earlier answer, already committed to doing that.