Ivana Bacik (Independent)

There are none of mine in the group. These amendments are all aimed at doing the same thing, which is, essentially, undermining the thrust of the legislation. We oppose that. I have already put on record my objection to them. To make the proposed amendments would be to downgrade the status of civil partnership. They are illogical because the provisions they are attempting to amend are simply technical provisions amending the Civil Registration Act 2004 to include within it the necessary references to civil partnership brought about as a result of this legislation. I do not see what the proposers are attempting to do, short of undermining, in a mean minded way, the concept of civil partnership and trying to downgrade it as much as possible. I object to these amendments.