Guy Etchells via <[email protected]> wrote on Tue, 17 Feb 2015 at 07:16:29: >On 07/02/2015 00:08, Iain Archer via wrote: >> I've just seen this, which I presume will be welcome news, on the SoG >> website: >> >> "The Society of Genealogists is delighted to announce that the >> Government has accepted an amendment to the Deregulation Bill currently >> going before the House of Lords that allows for the publication of >> information from Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates in England and >> Wales to be issued otherwise than in the form of a certified copy ..." >> <http://www.sog.org.uk/news/article/gro-information-on-births-marriages-a >> nd-death-doesnt-have-to-on-expensive-c/> >The announcement is not quite correct, it is the House of Lords that >accepted the amendment it still has to go back to the House of Commons. >The Dergulation Bill which contains the agreed amendment is scheduled >for a 3rd reading in the House of Lords on 04 March 2015, it then has >to go back to the Commons for Consideration of Amendments and then on >for Royal Assent. >The final stages should be more or less rubber stamping but not always. No absolute accounting for the Commons, but as near good as: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (Gov't spokesperson): "We are therefore very glad to welcome, and accept, this amendment, on which the Government have worked with the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, to refine. We are sorry that the noble Baroness is currently working very hard in the Caribbean. I hope it is not too cold there." HoL 5 Feb 2015 : Column 876 -- Iain Archer