Commons Private Members' Bills: 2 February 2018
2 February 2018
MPs debated a number of Private Members' Bills in the House of Commons on Friday 2 February 2018.
Private Members' Bills debated
The following Bills were debated on Friday 2 February 2018.
Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc.) Bill: Second Reading
This Bill, sponsored by Tim Loughton MP, seeks to:
- provide that opposite sex couples may enter a civil partnership
- make provision about the registration of the names of the mother of each party to a marriage or civil partnership
- make provision about the registration of stillborn deaths
- give coroners the power to investigate stillborn death
The Bill passed Second Reading without a division.
- Watch Parliament TV: Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc.) Bill
- Read Commons Hansard: Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc.) Bill
- Find out more about the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc.) Bill
- House of Commons Library briefing paper: the future of civil partnership
Parking (Code of Practice) Bill: Second Reading
This Bill, sponsored by Sir Greg Knight MP, seeks to make provision for a code of practice containing guidance about the operation and management of private parking facilities.
The Bill passed Second Reading without a division.
- Watch Parliament TV: Parking (Code of Practice) Bill
- Find out more about the Parking (Code of Practice) Bill
Licensing of Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill: Second Reading
This Bill, sponsored by Daniel Zeichner MP, seeks to make provision about the exercise of taxi and private hire vehicle licensing functions in relation to persons about whom there are safeguarding or road safety concerns; and for connected purposes.
The continuation of the Second Reading stage of this Bill has been scheduled 26 October 2018.
Related Information
About Private Members’ Bills
Private Members' Bills are Public Bills introduced by MPs and Lords who are not government ministers.As with other Public Bills, their purpose is to change the law as it applies to the general population.
A minority of Private Members' Bills become law but, by creating publicity around an issue, they may affect legislation indirectly.
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