Registration of Marriage (No. 2) Bill

Key Points

• Establishes the framework for registering marriages and maintaining marriage registers.
• Clarifies the responsibilities of registration authorities, such as registrars and local authorities.
• Aims to ensure marriage records are accurate, consistently kept, and accessible.
• Formulates the approach within its scope as part of equality and civil rights policy.

Progress

Originated in the Commons, with its first reading on 14 November 2017, and is currently at the second reading in the Commons. If it progresses, it would move to committee stage and subsequent readings before possible passage to the Lords.