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Certificate of Loss Bill [HL]

A Bill to make provision for a certificate to be issued to mothers in respect of miscarried and still-born children not eligible for registration under the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953; to establish a database for archiving the certificate and recording information about the miscarriage or still-birth; and for connected purposes

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Lords)

The story so farThe Certificate of Loss Bill was introduced in the House of Lords on 21 January 2020 by Baroness Benjamin (Liberal Democrat). It is now at second reading in the House of Lords. 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 Lords 21 Jan 2020
  2. 2nd reading Lords Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 5 May 2021.