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Monarchy: Succession

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what advice was given to Ministers on the effect of the Human Rights Act 1998 on the rights of illegitimates in succession to the Crown (a) prior to and (b) during the passage of the legislation through Parliament.
Asked by
Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
9 December 2009
Reference
502 c438-9W; 304269
House
House of Commons
Monarchy: Succession

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what advice he has received on the compatibility with the provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998 of (a) the rights of illegitimates in succession to the Crown and (b) the UK's interpretative declaration in respect of Articles 9 and 10 of...
Asked by
Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
9 December 2009
Reference
502 c438W; 304268
House
House of Commons
Monarchy: Succession

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps the Government has taken in respect of the UK's interpretative declaration in respect of Articles 9 and 10 of the European Convention on the Legal Status of Children born out of Wedlock in order to secure the conformity in UK...
Asked by
Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
9 December 2009
Reference
502 c439W; 304270
House
House of Commons
Monarchy

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent discussions on the order of succession he has had with his Commonwealth counterparts.
Asked by
Dominic Grieve (Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
8 December 2009
Reference
502 c273W; 303835
House
House of Commons
Engagements
In March, when the Lord Chancellor talked out my private Member's Bill to end the discrimination against Catholics in royal marriages and against women in the line of succession, he said that the Government recognised that this discrimination should end. Can the Prime Minister confirm that he is, as the Lord Chancellor said, ready to consult the relevant Commonwealth Heads of Government this week and that he is confident that we will then be able to sort this out, so that the all-party—
Asked by
Evan Harris (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Prime Minister's questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
25 November 2009
Reference
501 c532
House
House of Commons
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LEGISLATION AND ROYAL HOUSEHOLD

That this House disagrees with the proposed removal of the public interest test for access through the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to information held by public authorities relating to the Royal Household's function and activities, and with the blanket ban on accessing Royal documents that would result; and instead...
Primary sponsor
Lynne Jones (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
18 November 2009
Reference
83
House
House of Commons
Bill of Rights 1689

This Note sets out the historical background to the Bill of Rights 1688-89 and examines how its provisions have altered in the intervening centuries. Its role as part of the uncodified constitution of the United Kingdom is also discussed.
Type
Commons Briefing papers
Date
5 October 2009
Reference
SN00293
TROOPING THE COLOUR

That this House looks forward to the 2009 Trooping the Colour ceremony on Saturday 13 June to mark the Official Birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II; notes with pride that the flags of all the nations of the Commonwealth are always displayed in and around Horse Guards Parade for...
Primary sponsor
Andrew Rosindell (Conservative)
Type
Early day motions
Date
10 June 2009
Reference
1644
House
House of Commons
Monarchy: Succession

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice to which Commonwealth governments the Government have indicated a wish to discuss reform of male-preference primogeniture for the line of succession for the Crown; and if he will make a statement.
Asked by
Baroness Featherstone (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 June 2009
Reference
493 c617W; 273805
House
House of Commons
Deposited Paper DEP2009-1145
Deposited by
Ministry of Justice
Type
Deposited papers
Date
10 April 2009
Reference
DEP2009-1145
House
House of Lords
Constitution: Royal Marriage and Succession
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to introduce legislation to remove the restrictions on heirs to the throne marrying Roman Catholics and to enable equal rights to succession to be enjoyed by daughters of the Sovereign.
Asked by
Baroness Quin (Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
2 April 2009
Reference
709 c1178
House
House of Lords
Constitution: Royal Marriage and Succession
My Lords, this is a complex issue. While there is no question of changing the constitutional role of the monarch or the Church of England as the established church, both my right honourable friends the Prime Minister and the Lord Chancellor have said that we have to deal with issues of discrimination here. The laws concerning marriage to Catholics and the primacy of male members of the Royal Family should change, but that can happen only with the agreement of all the Commonwealth countries of which Her Majesty the Queen is the Head of State. Given the need for consensus across all the Queen’s realms, this cannot happen overnight.
Answered by
Lord Bach (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
2 April 2009
Reference
709 c1178
House
House of Lords
Constitution: Royal Marriage and Succession
My Lords, I thank my noble friend, but given that the debate in the other place last Friday aroused much interest and showed strong levels of public support for ending these discriminations, I urge the Government to act more quickly and bring in a measure either to deal with both discriminations together or, if it is easier to get agreement, to deal with each of them in turn. Does my noble friend agree that it is wise to introduce these changes now when they can be considered on their own merits rather than being seen to favour one particular successor to the Crown over another?
Asked by
Baroness Quin (Labour)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
2 April 2009
Reference
709 c1178
House
House of Lords
Constitution: Royal Marriage and Succession
My Lords, on my noble friend’s second point, there is more than one view about whether this is the appropriate moment to take action. On her first point about whether we might remedy one of these issues and not the other, the problem is that the same difficulties apply when amending the law on succession to effect equal rights for females in the line of succession as to removing anti-Catholic provisions in the Act of Settlement. The Statute of Westminster 1931 requires the assent of the Parliaments of all those countries of which Her Majesty the Queen is Head of State.
Answered by
Lord Bach (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
2 April 2009
Reference
709 c1178
House
House of Lords
Constitution: Royal Marriage and Succession
My Lords, is it not the case that there is no specific statement in the Act of Settlement 1701 that prevents a person of the Roman Catholic faith becoming monarch? The words of the Act, if I remember rightly, are that the Crown shall devolve upon the Electress Sophia and the heirs of her body—followed by the words "being Protestant". It is not a case of Roman Catholics being proscribed, but rather of Protestants being prescribed.
Asked by
Lord Elystan-Morgan (Crossbench)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
2 April 2009
Reference
709 c1179
House
House of Lords
Constitution: Royal Marriage and Succession
My Lords, would it not be preferable for the Government to show that they prefer to anticipate problems? However, they have to face them.
Asked by
Lord Maclennan of Rogart (Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
2 April 2009
Reference
709 c1179
House
House of Lords
Constitution: Royal Marriage and Succession
My Lords, we are anticipating this problem; we have anticipated it. Discussions are taking place and will continue to take place, because this is a matter which, at some stage, needs to be resolved.
Answered by
Lord Bach (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
2 April 2009
Reference
709 c1179
House
House of Lords
Constitution: Royal Marriage and Succession
My Lords, I am certainly not going into the question of what Commonwealth countries may or may not have said on this issue; that would be quite inappropriate and wrong. As I understand it, discussions have started and are continuing.
Answered by
Lord Bach (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
2 April 2009
Reference
709 c1180
House
House of Lords
Constitution: Royal Marriage and Succession
Yes, my Lords.
Answered by
Lord Bach (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
2 April 2009
Reference
709 c1180
House
House of Lords
Constitution: Royal Marriage and Succession
My Lords, bearing in mind that the Act of Settlement inextricably links so many crucial components of our constitution with the monarchy and accepting that constitutional change in the United Kingdom must, despite the recent record of the Government, be based on consensus—in these matters, that means agreement by the Houses of Parliament, by the Church of England, by the Roman Catholic Church and other denominations, by the monarchy and by public opinion—does the Minister then agree that a Private Member’s Bill is a wholly inappropriate way of promoting changes in this area?
Asked by
Lord Kingsland (Conservative)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
2 April 2009
Reference
709 c1180
House
House of Lords