A Bill to amend the Civil Partnership Act 2004 to provide that opposite sex couples may enter into a civil partnership; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
30 March 2015
This Bill would amend the Civil Partnership Act 2004 to allow opposite-sex couples to enter civil partnerships. It brings heterosexual couples into the same civil partnership framework as same-sex couples and could include related changes to implement this.
The Bill is at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons. If it passes, it will move to Committee stage for detailed scrutiny, then on to Report and Third Reading before potential passage to the Lords.
Generated 21 February 2026
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 3 September 2014. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The Bill was not moved for debate on 5 December 2014. The order to read the Bill a second time lapsed.
The 2014-15 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
