All couples now have the same choices when deciding on a legally recognised relationship. For the first time, mixed-sex couples are to have the right to enter a civil partnership in Scotland after MSPs voted to pass the Civil Partnership Bill.
Civil Partnership Bill
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New legislation that will allow mixed sex couples to enter a civil partnership for the first time in Scotland has passed its first stage at Holyrood. MSPs have voted to support the general principles of the Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill, which will extend to mixed sex couples the rights given to
Mixed-sex couples will be able to enter a civil partnership for the first time under new legislation introduced to the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish government consulted on two options for civil partnership in Scotland in 2018: scrapping civil partnership or making it available to mixed-sex coup