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Registration of Stillbirths (England and Wales) Bill
Registration of Stillbirths (England and Wales) Bill is currently listed at 2nd reading in the House of Commons.
Current position
- Latest completed stage
- 1st reading15 Jul 2026
- Next stage
- 2nd reading
- House
- House of Commons
- Bill type
- Private Members' Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule)
- Last updated
- 20 Jul 2026
- Proposer / sponsor
- Jim McMahon Proposer / sponsor · Labour · House of Commons Prepared for future MP profile links
What this bill is about
The Registration of stillbirths (England and Wales) Bill is a Private Members’ Bill aiming to change how stillbirths can be registered in England and Wales. Its long title says it would permit stillbirths to be registered remotely, with further provisions described only as “connected purposes”. As the bill is currently at early parliamentary stages, there is limited published detail available here about how remote registration would work in practice.
What it would do
- Would seek to allow stillbirths to be registered remotely in England and Wales.
- Includes “connected purposes”, but no further detail is available in the supplied sources.
Bill journey
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1st reading 15 Jul 2026 · House of Commons
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