"Current legislation degrades same-sex couples to a second-tier partnership and leads to unnecessary pain and trouble for anyone wishing to change their legally recognised gender, forcing them to divorce or dissolve their civil partnership and enter into a different commitment."
Liberal Democrats Conference, this afternoon, expresses its deepest sympathy to the families of the 1600 people killed by the floods in Pakistan and extreme concern over the continuing suffering of the estimated 20 million people affected, 7 million critically.
Reporting back from the Libdem Conference in Liverpool, Julia Bateman said:
Earlier today the Liberal Democrats discussed Equal Marriages at their Conference.
Liberal Democrat Conference today discussed how the Government could ensure fairness in a time of austerity.
A woman due to start university in Hampshire this week fears she may have to defer her studies for a year due to a lack of disabled accommodation. Freya Saxby, 20, of Bournemouth, is due to study at Winchester University.