Mothers' Names And Marriage Certificates

EDM number 27 in 2014-15, proposed by Caroline Lucas on 04/06/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Equality, Family law and Marriage.

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of the fathers and not the mothers of the bride and groom; believes our law should not perpetuate the offensive and outdated message that marriage is a business transaction between fathers; further notes that both mothers and fathers are recorded on a civil partnership certificate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.

This motion has been signed by a total of 115 MPs.