Appearing before the same committee, which has been set up to scrutinise the plans, Education Secretary Michael Gove was asked about the implications of legalising gay marriage for the teaching of sex and religious education in schools and was asked what protections there were for teachers who had moral and religious objections to same-sex marriage.

BBC: Maria Miller

They said that as chaplains responsible for the pastoral care of the prisoners they resented "the implications for us of a moral judgment which you passed and which you described as the teaching of the Church".

BBC: Maze Prison