§ 9. Mr. M. Lindsayasked the Minister of Health whether he will give instructions that birth certificates of adopted illegitimate children are not to be distinguishable from those of legitimate children.
§ Mr. BevanUnder existing legislation a birth certificate shows the parentage of a child, and thus discloses whether the birth is legitimate, but all that an adopted child ordinarily requires as evidence of age is an extract from the Adopted Children Register, which does not give particulars of his real parentage and, therefore, does not show whether he was legitimate or illegitimate at birth.