Petitions/Change laws around amendments on birth certificates
StatusClosed
Opened5 Dec 2024
Closes5 Jun 2025
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones

I want the Government to change the law so that corrections to a birth registration are made to the relevant part of the full birth certificate, not in a marginal note.

If a registrar makes a mistake in entering the sex of a child this cannot corrected on register itself, only in a note in the margin. This may affect the child's future making life difficult for them when getting married, applying for jobs and everything else they need a birth certificate for.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Lee Anderson
1Lee Anderson MP
Ashfield
8
Tracy Gilbert
2Tracy Gilbert MP
Edinburgh North and Leith
3
Vacant
3Vacant MP
Holborn and St Pancras
2
Andrew Griffith
4Andrew Griffith MP
Arundel and South Downs
1
Dan Jarvis
5Dan Jarvis MP
Barnsley North
1
Liam Conlon
6Liam Conlon MP
Beckenham and Penge
1
Mohammad Yasin
7Mohammad Yasin MP
Bedford
1
Preet Kaur Gill
8Preet Kaur Gill MP
Birmingham Edgbaston
1
Yasmin Qureshi
9Yasmin Qureshi MP
Bolton South and Walkden
1
Damien Egan
10Damien Egan MP
Bristol North East
1