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Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships

Asked by Bell Ribeiro-AddyLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 23 February 2026UIN 112790

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential implications of the registration of birth provisions in the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 on the equal treatment of both parent

Answered by Mike Tapp

No assessment of any potential implications of the registration of birth provisions in the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 on the equal treatment of both parents has been made.

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