MOTHERS' NAMES AND MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES

Early day motion 27, tabled 4 June 2014 by Caroline Lucas (Green). Signed by 115 members.

That this House notes that regulations from 1986 mean it is still the case that the particulars to be registered for a marriage include details of the fathers and not the mothers of the bride and groom; believes our law should not perpetuate the offensive and outdated message that marriage is a business transaction between fathers; further notes that both mothers and fathers are recorded on a civil partnership certificate and believes the same should be the case on a marriage certificate; further believes that change is needed so that mothers are no longer erased from these important historical records; and calls on the Secretary of State for the Home Department to bring forward the necessary legislative proposals without delay.

Signatures by party: Labour 70, Liberal Democrat 20, Conservative 16, Plaid Cymru 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, DUP 1, Green 1, Independent 1.