Cross-party group wants law to apply within three months whether Stormont remains stalled
A cross-party group of MPs is to make another attempt to extend equal marriage to Northern Ireland by adding an amendment to a bill which would automatically change the law within three months whether the devolved government remains stalled.
The amendment,led by the Labour MP Conor McGinn, seeks to evade objections that the change should be a matter for Northern Ireland by stating that whether and when the region’s executive is revived, or it can then approve or repeal the degree.
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Source: theguardian.com