KEY DOCUMENTS AND LINKS
Consultation paper
Consultation paper, published 30 September
2003
News
release, 30 September 2003
Equal Opportunities Committee report on
consultation, published 25 November 2003
Consultation analysis
Consultation analysis, published 5 February
2004
News
release, 5 February 2004
Sewel Motion and Memorandum
Sewel motion and memorandum, laid in Scottish
Parliament, 26 April 2004
Justice 1 Committee report on Sewel motion
and memorandum, published 1 June 2004
Scottish Parliament Information Centre
report, published 2 June 2004
SE
response to the Justice 1 Committee report, 3 June
2004
Official report of Sewel Debate in Scottish
Parliament, 3 June 2004 (see Col 8946 in
document)
Civil Partnership Act
The Act
Explanatory Notes
Regulatory Impact Assessment
House of Lords progress
First reading, 30 March 2004 (see Col
1176)
Second reading, 22 April 2004 (see Col
387)
Grand Committee:
Day 1, 10 May 2004 (see Col GC1)
Day 2, 12 May 2004 (see Col GC115)
Day 3, 13 May 2004* (see Col GC181)
Day 4, 17 May 2004 (see Col GC239)
Day 5, 25 May 2004* (see Col GC449)
Report stage, 24 June 2004 (see Col 1354)
Third reading, 1 July 2004 (see Col
391)
House of Commons progress
Second reading, 12 October 2004 (se Col
174)
Standing Committee:
Sitting 1, 19 October 2004
Sitting 2, 21 October 2004 (morning)
Sitting 3, 21 October 2004 (afternoon)
Sitting 4, 26 October 2004 (morning)
Sitting 5, 26 October 2004 (afternoon)
Report Stage and Third Reading, 9 November
2004 (see Col 724)
Final Progress
Lords Consideration of Commons' amendments, 17
November 2004 (see Col 1449)
Royal Assent, 18 November 2004 (see Col
1518)
UK Government web link