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

The hon. Gentleman makes a perfectly valid point and he makes it, typically, very well. My contention is that a constitutional change such as that proposed by the Bill is best delivered by the Government, rather than through a private Member's Bill. We have heard today the view that the change is mere tinkering and that it could all be done via a telephone call or in five minutes flat. I am not sure I accept that. The Bill deals with major constitutional stuff and we would be disingenuous to pretend that that could all be unravelled in five minutes flat.