A Bill to make provision about the recording of the names of the mother of each party to a marriage or civil partnership for registration purposes; to make provision for requiring such information to be displayed on marriage certificates and civil partnership certificates; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
13 May 2016
This Bill would require recording the mother’s name for each party to a marriage or civil partnership and ensure that this information is shown on the relevant certificates. It aims to standardise what is displayed on official documents and to make maternal identifiers visible in registration records. It also covers related aspects of the registration process.
The Bill is currently at the 2nd Reading in the House of Commons, meaning it is in the early stages of parliamentary scrutiny and has not yet moved to committee further consideration.
Generated 21 February 2026
The 2015-16 session of Parliament has ended and this Bill will make no further progress.
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 4 November 2015. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
