A consultation on how to lift the ban on same-sex couples marrying in a civil ceremony has been launched by the government.
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Recent data released by the Office for National Statistics has given a breakdown of the conception rate in England and Wales during 2010.
The Government has announced that it will start consulting next spring on legalising same-sex marriages, reports the BBC.
There were 6,385 civil partnerships formed in the UK in 2010, up 1.7% on 2009, according to new figures from the Office of National Statistics.
A ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union has stated that a supplementary retirement pension paid to a partner in a civil partnership, which is lower than that granted in a marriage, may constitute discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation. This is the case if the partnership is reserved to persons of the same gender and if it is in a legal and factual situation comparable to that of marriage.