[Robin Harritt]

I have just received a press notice telling me that the Regulatory Reform Committee will start taking oral evidence on the proposals for changes to birth and death registration law from 9.35am on Tuesday 26 October in Committee Room 8 at the House of Commons. This session will hear the Society of Registration Officers, Unison (their union) , The Federation of Family History Societies and the National Archive Council.

Although this law will have a tremendous effect on adopted people and birth relatives who are searching for each other, I doubt there will be anyone to speak on our behalf at any session. It seems to me that no one could be the slightest bit bothered to even read the Order which was laid before Parliament two months ago on July 22 and make a representation to the Committee by 17 September
It looks to me as if they win by default.

The documents relating to this are at

http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/regu...als.asp#births

Should anyone be the slightest bit interested.

If you end up having to pay a social worker way over the odds to get certificates with full details for you instead of being able to get them yourself. And having a social worker or someone else decide if it is appropriate for you to have a full certificate. Then that will be the fault of anyone who could not be bothered to take an interest at this stage.

I shall try to keep people informed about this, but I get no feedback at all. I feel that I am wasting my time. I do believe that people think that they wrote to their MP two years ago and that was all they needed to do. That will all have been long forgotten about by now, this is another round.

Robin

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