Reform British birth certificates to reflect modern British families.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The government needs to change the law so that LGBTQ+ and surrogate families are recognised accurately and equally on children’s birth certificates. UK law no longer reflects Modern British families and this needs to change.

Thousands of LGBTQ+ and surrogate parents have no legal recognition on their children’s birth certificates. These children are at risk of being harassed or discriminated against whenever they need to produce their birth certificates e.g. applying for their first passport, attending school, going to university, getting married or collect their pensions. This reform must include the freedom to register as ‘parent’ and to be recognised as ‘mother’ and ‘father’ according to one’s legal gender.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand you would like to see changes to the way births of children are registered, and how they are subsequently displayed on a birth certificate but we're not sure what specific action you would like the Government to take.

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what changes to registering of births you would like see.

Timeline

17 Nov 2021	Petition opened for signatures
23 Nov 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 23 Nov 2021

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