Clause 5 - Subsequent issue of full certificates
Gender Recognition Bill [Lords]
2:30 pm
Dr Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak, Labour)
It is true that no specific rights are attached other than the right to have the marriage annulled before applying for a further certificate. However, recipients of such an interim certificate may regard it as having some value, perhaps as a document that at least says that the Government recognise that those recipients have a right to full recognition if their marriage is dissolved. I hope that the Government might consider that aspect. If, for understandable reasons, people do not wish to dissolve their marriage, having the interim gender recognition certificate may be some comfort to them while they remain married to their spouse.