Question follow-through · 31937
Civil Partnerships: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the Answer of 17 May 2024 to Question 26173 on Civil Partnerships: Scotland, whether he will permit the Scottish Government to legislate accordingly.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Scotland Office
- Tabled
- 21 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 26 Feb 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the Answer of 17 May 2024 to Question 26173 on Civil Partnerships: Scotland, whether he will permit the Scottish Government to legislate accordingly.
26 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Feb 2025
Answer published
I can confirm the UK Government’s in-principle agreement to proceed with a Scotland Act Order Civil Partnerships, and will write to the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary on this matter.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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