Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Paul Flynn (Labour), on Wednesday, 2 March 2016, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 2 members in total.

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ROLE OF THE MONARCHY

That this House believes that politicisation of the institution of monarchy threatens that institution's future; recalls that the present monarch remained politically neutral for 62 years until an intervention on the Scottish Referendum debate that The Guardian reported was crafted and choreographed by Sir Jeremy Heywood, the Cabinet Secretary, and Sir Christopher Geidt, the Queen's Private Secretary; notes that a recent speech by the Prince of Wales was widely interpreted as a plea for the UK to remain in the EU; emphasises that the prime role of the Head of State is to intervene when a Prime Minister acts in her or his own interests to the detriment of the interests of state; and further believes that the Government and the Civil Service should cease employing members of the Royal Family for political purposes.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1182 

Session

2015-16

Other sponsors

Kelvin Hopkins

Subjects

Monarchy

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk