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Royal Marriages and Succession to the Crown (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill

The Justice Secretary said in an aside, "Come on Andrew," because he saw my body language indicating dissent. I remind him and the House that when he became Home Secretary, I tabled a parliamentary question asking the Government at the earliest legislative opportunity to alter the law preventing an ordained Catholic man becoming a Member of Parliament. The parliamentary reply, which is on the record, was no. Then the Labour party selected such a man for the constituency of Greenock and Port Glasgow. We did the right thing for the wrong reason.