division_name: Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill
motion: <p class="" pid="b.125.3/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="b.125.3/2" pwmotiontext="yes">Mr Speaker, you and I know that every marriage is different&#8212;indeed, any husband or wife of a Member of this House has a distinct set of challenges to face every day&#8212;but what marriage offers us all is a lifelong partner to share our journey, a loving stable relationship to strengthen us and mutual support throughout our lives. I believe that that should be embraced by more couples. The depth of feeling, love and commitment between same-sex couples is no different from that depth of feeling between opposite-sex couples. The Bill enables society to recognise that commitment in the same way, too, through marriage. Parliament should value people equally in the law, and enabling same-sex couples to marry removes the current differentiation and distinction.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.230.4/1" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>Question put, </i>That the Bill be now read a Second time.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b.230.4/2" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="b.230.4/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 400, Noes 175.</p>