Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the petition presented to the Minister for Women and Equalities calling for the extension of civil partnerships to different sex couples.

The Government received a petition on extending civil partnerships to opposite sex couples from the Equal Civil Partnerships Campaign on 17 November.

We are currently waiting for a judgment from the Court of Appeal on this matter and are unable to comment whilst legal action is ongoing.

The Government is committed to equality, and we will provide an update on the Government’s position on civil partnerships once legal proceedings have concluded.