Oral QuestionChurch Commissioners

To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Church of England has made of the potential merits of proposals in the Marriage Registration Bill to enable a mother's details to be recorded on marriage certificates.

Tabled: 17 January 2018Answered: 25 January 2018

Asked by

Dame Diana Johnson

LabourKingston upon Hull North and Cottingham

Answering Minister

the Honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners

Answer from Hansard

Dame Diana Johnson

I was very concerned to hear about the incident to which the hon. Lady refers. I announced earlier that additional funding is going into the national wildlife crime unit and the national rural crime unit to assist forces in providing the cover necessary in rural areas.