Moved by
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
239: Clause 133, page 169, line 10, at end insert—
“(2A) After section 25, insert—
“25A Review of form in which registers are to be kept
(1) The Secretary of State must commission a review of the provisions of this Act and of related legislation, with a view to the creation of a single digital register of births and deaths.
(2) The review must consider and make recommendations on the effect of the creation of a single digital register on—
(a) fraud,
(b) data collection, and
(c) ease of registration.
(3) The Secretary of State must lay the conclusions of their review before Parliament within six months of this section coming into force.””
Member’s explanatory statement
This amendment would insert a new section into the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 requiring a review of relevant legislation, with consideration of creating a single digital register for registered births and registered deaths and recommendations on the effects of such a change on reducing fraud, improving data collection and streamlining digital registration.