PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Marriage Certificates: Mothers (23 June 2014)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to allow the mothers of brides and grooms to be named on marriage certificates.

Asked by:
Mr Toby Perkins (Labour)

Answer

We are currently considering how the information contained in the marriage
entry can be updated to reflect changes since the coming into force of the
Registration of Marriages Regulations 1986, as well as the most suitable
opportunity for doing so.


Answered by:
Dame Karen Bradley (Conservative)
21 July 2014

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