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To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the law on succession to the Crown or proposals for changing that law have been discussed with other Commonwealth countries; and, if so, what was the outcome of such discussions.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the law on succession to the Crown or proposals for changing that law have been discussed with other Commonwealth countries; and, if so, what was the outcome of such discussions.
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Baroness Quin
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
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Answered
Answered on
11 January 2010
I refer the noble Baroness to the reply given by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Justice to Lynne Featherstone, the honourable Member for Hornsey and Wood Green on 4 June 2009 (Official Report, col. 617W).
Subjects
Commonwealth; Law; Monarchy; Reform; Succession
Date
11 January 2010
Reference
645; 716 c125WA
House
House of Lords
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.
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)
Answered by
Lord Bach
(Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
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Answered
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Topical questions (HL)
For answer on
2 April 2009
Answered on
2 April 2009
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.
Subjects
Catholicism; Women; Marriage; Monarchy; Succession; Royal family
Date
2 April 2009
Reference
709 c1178
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House of Lords chamber
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House of Lords
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?
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
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Answered
Answered on
2 April 2009
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.
Subjects
Catholicism; Women; Marriage; Monarchy; Succession; Royal family
Date
2 April 2009
Reference
709 c1178
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords