Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 124619, whether the Government plans to support the (a) Registration of Marriage Bill [Lords] and (b) Registration of Marriage (No 2) Bill; and if she will make a statement.

The Registration of Marriage Bill [ Lords ] received its Second Reading in the House of Lords on Friday 26 January 2018. The Minister of State for the Home Office (Baroness Williams of Trafford) commented that “the Bill will reform the way marriages are registered and enable updating of the marriage entry to allow for the inclusion of mothers’ names. This is a very important issue that the Government fully support”.
The Registration of Marriage (No 2) Bill has not yet received a Second Reading, but seeks similar changes to current legislation.