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Registration of Stillbirths Bill

A Bill to amend the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 to provide that parents may register the death of a child stillborn before the threshold of 24 weeks gestation.

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)

The story so farThe Registration of Stillbirths Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 14 January 2014 by Tim Loughton (Conservative). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Commons 14 Jan 2014
  2. 2nd reading Commons Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 15 May 2014.