A cross-party group of MPs led by Caroline Spelman seeks to change marriage certificates to reflect ‘modern times with bill getting moment reading this weekMothers names could be added to marriage certificates for the first time whether a cross-party group of MPs succeed in changing the wording on the documents,which campaigners say are no longer fit for modern times.
Marriage certificates list only the fathers of the couple getting married, which the government has previously resisted changing on cost grounds.
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Source: guardian.co.uk