Mr Speaker, you and I have been in this House together for nearly 22 years, and I do not think that I have known such grave times as thos

My hon. Friend is not correct. If a child is born before 24 weeks with signs of life, the birth will be registered.

I assure my hon.

I completely respect my hon.

Again, that is a good point. As the law is framed at the moment, they would not qualify.

As I think I said rather unfairly to one of our colleagues who made a not-dissimilar slightly technical point on Report, nobody likes a s

I very much doubt it.

My hon. Friend, who attended previous debates as assiduously as my hon.

There are some financial consequences—mostly about private pensions—just as there were when civil partnerships were introduced for same-s

That is a very good point. I appreciate my hon.