Women and Equalities written question – answered am ar 17 Gorffennaf 2013.
Gordon Henderson
Ceidwadwyr, Sittingbourne and Sheppey
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities if she will put forward amendments to the Same Sex Marriage Bill in the House of Lords to ensure that the word wife will continue to be used in statute and other official contexts to refer only to the female spouse of a heterosexual marriage and will not be redefined subsequent to the Same Sex Marriage Act to include any partner in a same sex marriage.
Helen Grant
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women and Equalities
The Government do not intend to amend the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill in this way. The word "wife" will continue to refer to a married woman, regardless of the sex of her spouse. The Bill completed its Third Reading in the House of Lords on
Yes2 people think so
No0 people think not
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