Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Keith Vaz (Labour), on Tuesday, 7 December 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 13 members in total.

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GENDER EQUALITY IN SUCCESSION TO THE THRONE

That this House notes with concern that under the rule of primogeniture men have precedence over women in succeeding to the Throne; further notes the application of gender equality in other aspects of society; recognises that integralprimogeniture, or equal succession rights, were introduced in the Kingdoms of Sweden in 1980, the Netherlands in 1983, Norway in 1990, Belgium in 1991 and Denmark in 2009; and urges the Government to bring forward legislative proposals which will ensure non-gender biased succession rights.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1153 

Session

2010-12

Other sponsors

Jim Dobbin

Peter Bottomley

Baroness Burt of Solihull

Stephen Williams

Bob Russell

Subjects

British constitution Equality Monarchy

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk