Registration of both female same-sex parents of children born pre-2008

Early day motion 830, tabled 10 January 2022 by Richard Thomson (Scottish National Party). Signed by 14 members.

That this House notes that in the UK, unlike for those with children born after the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act came into force on 13 November 2008, female same-sex couples with children born pre-2008 cannot both be legally registered as the child or children's parent; further notes that in some countries it is a requirement for a parent seeking to relocate to those countries with their children to be recognised as a parent and that there is currently no means in law for them to remedy this situation; and calls on the Government to take action to remedy this by introducing a legal mechanism for both partners in a same-sex couple with children born pre-2008 to have the same rights in law to be recognised as the child or children's parents as those same-sex couples with children born post-2008.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 5, Labour 3, Plaid Cymru 3, Conservative 1, Green 1, Independent 1.