I am trying to follow my noble friend’s argument and looking at the text of the Bill. In Clause 1, subsections (1), (2) and (3), the word “may” appears, not “will”. It is a permissive Bill. Why is he suggesting that this is a direction to the Church?
Ecumenical Marriage Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Friday, 23 February 2018.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Ecumenical Marriage Bill [HL].
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