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

Another benefit of the Bill would be that Peter Phillips could marry someone with whom he fell in love without that person feeling that they needed to change their religion in order to retain his place in the succession. One wonders how many other people's private lives or religious allegiances have been affected by the fact that this change has still not yet been made. I know that the Secretary of State has only eight more minutes to occupy, but I would like to ask him—for the third time now and with due respect for his sincerity—what tangible proposals the Government have to implement the higher priority that no less a person than the Prime Minister, taking time out of a busy trip, made clear that he had given this issue?