{"longTitle":"A Bill to make provision for the marriage of same sex couples in Northern Ireland; to make provision for the legal recognition of the same sex marriage of armed forces personnel overseas and of other same sex marriages solemnised outside Northern Ireland; to make provision in the law of Northern Ireland for the conversion of civil partnerships to marriages and for the review of civil partnerships; to make provision for rights to pensions and social security contributions for same sex married couples and civil partners; to make provision for gender change by married persons and civil partners; and for connected purposes","summary":null,"sponsors":[{"member":{"memberId":863,"name":"Lord Hayward","party":"Conservative","partyColour":"0063ba","house":"Lords","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/863/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/863/contact","memberFrom":"Life peer"},"organisation":null,"sortOrder":1}],"promoters":[],"petitioningPeriod":null,"petitionInformation":null,"agent":null,"billId":2235,"shortTitle":"Marriage (Same Sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Bill [HL]","formerShortTitle":null,"currentHouse":"Lords","originatingHouse":"Lords","lastUpdate":"2019-09-12T11:02:58","billWithdrawn":null,"isDefeated":false,"billTypeId":2,"introducedSessionId":30,"includedSessionIds":[30],"isAct":false,"currentStage":{"id":14974,"stageId":2,"sessionId":30,"description":"2nd reading","abbreviation":"2R","house":"Lords","stageSittings":[],"sortOrder":2}}