{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/701702.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":701702,"attributes":{"action":"Change laws around amendments on birth certificates","background":"I want the Government to change the law so that corrections to a birth registration are made to the relevant part of the full birth certificate, not in a marginal note.","additional_details":"If a registrar makes a mistake in entering the sex of a child this cannot corrected on register itself, only in a note in the margin. This may affect the child's future making life difficult for them when getting married, applying for jobs and everything else they need a birth certificate for.","committee_note":"","state":"closed","signature_count":49,"created_at":"2024-11-13T21:19:06.978Z","updated_at":"2025-12-15T17:20:42.182Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2024-12-05T10:06:04.824Z","closed_at":"2025-06-05T22:59:59.999Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2024-11-13T21:29:00.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"HO","name":"Home Office","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office"}],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[{"name":"Belgium","code":"BE","signature_count":1},{"name":"United Kingdom","code":"GB","signature_count":47},{"name":"United States","code":"US","signature_count":1}],"signatures_by_constituency":[{"name":"Arundel and South Downs","ons_code":"E14001067","mp":"Andrew Griffith MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Ashfield","ons_code":"E14001068","mp":"Lee Anderson MP","signature_count":8},{"name":"Barnsley North","ons_code":"E14001074","mp":"Dan Jarvis MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Beckenham and Penge","ons_code":"E14001083","mp":"Liam Conlon MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Bedford","ons_code":"E14001084","mp":"Mohammad Yasin MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Birmingham Edgbaston","ons_code":"E14001092","mp":"Preet Kaur Gill MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Bolton South and Walkden","ons_code":"E14001111","mp":"Yasmin Qureshi MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Bristol North East","ons_code":"E14001133","mp":"Damien Egan MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Bristol North West","ons_code":"E14001134","mp":"Rt Hon Darren Jones MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Broadland and Fakenham","ons_code":"E14001136","mp":"Jerome Mayhew MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Broxtowe","ons_code":"E14001140","mp":"Juliet Campbell MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Christchurch","ons_code":"E14001171","mp":"Sir Christopher Chope MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Dartford","ons_code":"E14001191","mp":"Jim Dickson MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Derby South","ons_code":"E14001194","mp":"Baggy Shanker MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Exeter","ons_code":"E14001231","mp":"Steve Race MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Hereford and South Herefordshire","ons_code":"E14001281","mp":"Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Holborn and St Pancras","ons_code":"E14001290","mp":"Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Ipswich","ons_code":"E14001302","mp":"Jack Abbott MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Islington South and Finsbury","ons_code":"E14001306","mp":"Rt Hon Emily Thornberry MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Lewisham West and East Dulwich","ons_code":"E14001333","mp":"Rt Hon Ellie Reeves KC MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Luton South and South Bedfordshire","ons_code":"E14001346","mp":"Rachel Hopkins MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Manchester Withington","ons_code":"E14001354","mp":"Jeff Smith MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Mansfield","ons_code":"E14001355","mp":"Steve Yemm MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Mid Buckinghamshire","ons_code":"E14001360","mp":"Greg Smith MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"North West Cambridgeshire","ons_code":"E14001401","mp":"Sam Carling MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"North West Hampshire","ons_code":"E14001403","mp":"Rt Hon Kit Malthouse MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Richmond Park","ons_code":"E14001445","mp":"Sarah Olney MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"South Basildon and East Thurrock","ons_code":"E14001480","mp":"James McMurdock MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"South West Wiltshire","ons_code":"E14001498","mp":"Rt Hon Dr Andrew Murrison MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Wirral West","ons_code":"E14001589","mp":"Matthew Patrick MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Coatbridge and Bellshill","ons_code":"S14000070","mp":"Frank McNally MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Edinburgh North and Leith","ons_code":"S14000079","mp":"Tracy Gilbert MP","signature_count":3},{"name":"Edinburgh South West","ons_code":"S14000081","mp":"Dr Scott Arthur MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Glasgow South West","ons_code":"S14000088","mp":"Dr Zubir Ahmed MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Hamilton and Clyde Valley","ons_code":"S14000092","mp":"Imogen Walker MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Cardiff East","ons_code":"W07000089","mp":"Rt Hon Jo Stevens MP","signature_count":1}],"signatures_by_region":[{"name":"North West","ons_code":"B","signature_count":3},{"name":"Yorkshire and The Humber","ons_code":"D","signature_count":1},{"name":"East Midlands","ons_code":"E","signature_count":11},{"name":"West Midlands","ons_code":"F","signature_count":2},{"name":"East of England","ons_code":"G","signature_count":6},{"name":"London","ons_code":"H","signature_count":6},{"name":"South East","ons_code":"J","signature_count":4},{"name":"South West","ons_code":"K","signature_count":5},{"name":"Wales","ons_code":"L","signature_count":1},{"name":"Scotland","ons_code":"M","signature_count":7}],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}