Short Title: | Honours (Equality of Titles for Partners) Bill 2012-13 |
Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Long Title: | A Bill to make provision for husbands and civil partners of those receiving honours to be allowed to use equivalent honorary titles to those available to women; and for connected purposes. |
Year: | 2016 |
Introduced By: | Oliver Colvile |
Status: | Not_passed |
The Honours (Equality of Titles for Partners) Bill 2012-13 was a private member's bill which would allow men who are married or civilly-partnered to peers, baronets, baronetesses, knights or dames of either sex to receive honours and the title "The Honourable" by way of their relationship statuses.[1] The bill failed to pass beyond first reading.[2]