§ 19. Sir Frank Sandersonasked the Minister of Health what steps are taken to see that amendments are made to records of births, marriages and deaths by the Registrar General, when the original registration has been proved to be inaccurate by proceedings in a court of law.
§ Mr. BevanA registrar has no power to correct any error of fact or substance in a register entry except under the special conditions prescribed in the Registration Acts, which require in the case of marriage entries the personal attendance of witnesses before the registrar, and in the case of birth and death entries an application from an interested party supported by statutory declarations by two persons intimately concerned with the registration. I will, however, consider whether by improved administrative arrangements this procedure can be made to operate more effectively in the kind of case the hon. Member has in mind.