Subject	Predicate	Object
sYv7x1vF	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	UdH0EveG
	answer has answering person	Helen Grant
	answer text	<p>Civil partnership was created to enable same sex couples to obtain legal recognition of their relationship and equivalent rights and responsibilities to marriage. We currently have no plans to open civil partnership to opposite sex couples, as this recognition and these rights and responsibilities are available to them through marriage and there is no evidence that significant numbers of opposite sex couples want a civil partnership. However as part of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 we are currently reviewing the future and operation of the Civil Partnership Act 2004.</p>
	answer given date	2013-10-10
	answer has answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	written answer has answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	answering body has written answer	sYv7x1vF
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	answering body has answer	sYv7x1vF
UdH0EveG	question has answer	sYv7x1vF
Helen Grant	answering person has answer	sYv7x1vF