That this House notes the contribution to UK society of the Freedom of Information Act 2000; further notes the importance of public accountability; believes that the public has a right to information relating to Her Majesty and the Royal Family; and therefore calls on the Government to extend existing legislation to designate the Royal Household as a public authority under the Act.

That this House notes the contribution to UK society of the Freedom of Information Act 2000; further notes the importance of public accountability; believes that the public has a right to information relating to Her Majesty and the Royal Family; and therefore calls on the Government to extend existing legislation...

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 supports the removal of the exemption of the Royal Household from the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

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...

That this House regrets the recent reordering of succession to the throne on the basis of sex; condemns the practice of male-preference primogeniture as discriminatory; and urges this custom to be outlawed.

That this House regrets the recent reordering of succession to the throne on the basis of sex; condemns the practice of male-preference primogeniture as discriminatory; and urges this custom to be outlawed.

That this House notes the introduction of the Succession to the Crown Bill, introduced in the House of Lords by Lord Dubs and in the House of Commons by the Right honourable Member for Dewsbury; applauds the Fabian Society's Monarchy Commission on which it is based; believes that the reforms proposed in the Bill to end gender discrimination in the line of succession and the bar on the heir to the throne marrying a Roman Catholic are long overdue; and calls upon the Government to give its support to this measure.

That this House notes the introduction of the Succession to the Crown Bill, introduced in the House of Lords by Lord Dubs and in the House of Commons by the Right honourable Member for Dewsbury; applauds the Fabian Society's Monarchy Commission on which it is based; believes that the reforms...

That this House believes all members of the Royal Family who receive gifts from heads of state or heads of government should be invited to enter these in a register updated annually which would be made public, specifying in each case where the gift is located or how it was disposed of.

That this House believes all members of the Royal Family who receive gifts from heads of state or heads of government should be invited to enter these in a register updated annually which would be made public, specifying in each case where the gift is located or how it was...

That this House believes the Act of Settlement 1701, under which the monarch may be and may wed a person of any religion other than Roman Catholicism, is anachronistic and offensive; and joins the Scottish Parliament in calling for the Act's repeal.

That this House believes the Act of Settlement 1701, under which the monarch may be and may wed a person of any religion other than Roman Catholicism, is anachronistic and offensive; and joins the Scottish Parliament in calling for the Act's repeal.

That this House believes a multi option referendum should be held to determine whether Britain should remain a constitutional monarchy in its present or in a revised and modernised form or whether it should become a republic.

That this House believes a multi option referendum should be held to determine whether Britain should remain a constitutional monarchy in its present or in a revised and modernised form or whether it should become a republic.

That this House, noting the fundamentally undemocratic nature of the British Constitution, under which the people are in law subjects of a hereditary monarch, who has no electoral legitimacy, are bound to the Crown by absurd and meaningless oaths of allegiance and are also required to accept the indignity of an unelected House of Lords, believing that the existence of Crown prerogatives which allow the executive to make war, sign treaties and agree to laws in Brussels without consulting the House of Commons, represents a complete denial of basic rights, rejecting the widespread use of Crown patronage for thousands of political, legal and church appointments which destroy any real accountability by those who confer and enjoy that patronage, convinced that power is far too centralized in London to the detriment of the people of England, Scotland and Wales, and those who elect local authorities, demanding equal representation for women on all elected bodies, insisting that a Charter of Rights should form the basis for a new British Constitution, calls for Britain to become a democratic, secular federal commonwealth, along the lines of the Commonwealth of Britain Bill, to be drawn up and put to the people for their consideration to secure (1) the abolition of the Monarchy and the House of Lords, (2) the establishment of separate parliaments for England, Scotland and Wales, (3) the ending of British jurisdiction in Northern Ireland, (4) the disestablishment of the Church of England and (5) the institution of democratic institutions to guarantee popular rights.

That this House, noting the fundamentally undemocratic nature of the British Constitution, under which the people are in law subjects of a hereditary monarch, who has no electoral legitimacy, are bound to the Crown by absurd and meaningless oaths of allegiance and are also required to accept the indignity of...