I had a similar experience when I got married many years ago. My father died when I was a young teenager and my mother brought me up. The father of my husband-to-be had also died many years before. The two mothers came to the ceremony but their names could not be on the certificate. That was when I realised it was a great injustice. I agree with what the hon. Gentleman says about someone being confronted with that on the happiest day of their life.
Marriage Registration Certificates
Proceeding contribution from
Christina Rees
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 8 December 2015.
It occurred during Debate on Marriage Registration Certificates.
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