Petitions/Make paternity tests compulsory before registering a birth
StatusClosed
Opened2 Jun 2025
Closes2 Dec 2025
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones

I call on the Government to require fathers to undergo a paternity test before registering himself as the father of the child on a birth certificate, and to only grant exemptions for exceptional circumstances.

I am concerned about the possible abuse by mothers against fathers expressing their parental responsibility, and an increase in expenses for father attempting to prove their PR. We have retained Art 7, rights of child and we feel it is difficult to prove parental alienation by the mother. We believe this change will prevent and reduce paternity fraud cases and the caseload in family courts. We feel that currently, in practice, mother and fathers are not equal.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Miatta Fahnbulleh
1Miatta Fahnbulleh MP
Peckham
4
Neil Coyle
2Neil Coyle MP
Bermondsey and Old Southwark
2
Jack Abbott
3Jack Abbott MP
Ipswich
2
Janet Daby
4Janet Daby MP
Lewisham East
2
James Wild
5James Wild MP
North West Norfolk
2
Rachel Gilmour
6Rachel Gilmour MP
Tiverton and Minehead
2
Nesil Caliskan
7Nesil Caliskan MP
Barking
1
Luke Murphy
8Luke Murphy MP
Basingstoke
1
Rushanara Ali
9Rushanara Ali MP
Bethnal Green and Stepney
1
Daniel Francis
10Daniel Francis MP
Bexleyheath and Crayford
1