House of Commons Amendments

Session 2012 - 13
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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given on

Thursday 17 January 2013

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:

667, 669-70 and 685

Committee of the whole House

Succession to the Crown Bill

Civil partnership

Paul Flynn

Kelvin Hopkins

NC3

To move the following Clause:—

‘In the event of the heir to throne contracting a civil partnership any progeny of

that partnership by adoption or artificial insemination should qualify to inherit the

throne.’.

Jacob Rees-Mogg

3

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  4,  at end add—

‘(2)
In determining the succession to the Crown, the rule of primogeniture shall apply

equally to females and males.’.

Jacob Rees-Mogg

4

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  9,  after ‘person’, insert ‘who married a person of the Roman

Catholic faith’.

Jacob Rees-Mogg

5

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  10,  at end add—

‘(3)
The children of such a marriage shall not be disqualified from succeeding to the

Crown by virtue of being of the Roman Catholic faith.’.

Jacob Rees-Mogg

6

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  10,  at end add—

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‘(4)
In the event of a person of the Roman Catholic faith succeeding to the Crown by

virtue of subsection (3), the title of Defender of the Faith and the function of

Supreme Governor of the Church of England shall pass to a regent qualifying

with the provisions of section 3 of the Regency Act 1937.’.

John McDonnell

Katy Clark

7

Schedule,  page  3,  line  11,  leave out paragraph 2 and insert—

‘(a)
omit the lines beginning with “And whereas it hath beene found” and

ending with “naturally dead”.’.

John McDonnell

Katy Clark

8

Schedule,  page  3,  line  17,  leave out sub-paragraph (a) and insert—

‘(a)
in the preamble, omit the words beginning with “And it was thereby

further enacted” and ending with “naturally dead.”.’.

John McDonnell

Katy Clark

9

Schedule,  page  3,  line  17,  at end insert—

‘( )
in the preamble, leave out the words beginning with “and particularly

recommending” and ending with “our religion.”.’.

John McDonnell

Katy Clark

10

Schedule,  page  3,  line  17,  at end insert—

‘( )
in the preamble, leave out the words beginning with “for a further” and

ending with “protestant line”.’.

John McDonnell

Katy Clark

11

Schedule,  page  3,  line  17,  at end insert—

‘( )
in section 1, omit the words “and the heirs to her body, being protestants”

wherever they occur.’.

John McDonnell

Katy Clark

12

Schedule,  page  3,  line  17,  at end insert—

‘( )
in section (2) omit the first sentence.’.

John McDonnell

Katy Clark

13

Schedule,  page  3,  line  17,  at end insert—

‘( )
in section (2), leave out the words beginning with “and is are or shall be

reconciled” and ending with “popish religion.”.’.

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John McDonnell

Katy Clark

14

Schedule,  page  3,  line  18,  at end insert—

‘( )
in section (3) leave out the words beginning with “That whosoever” and

ending with “as by law established.”.’.

John McDonnell

Katy Clark

15

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  7,  at end insert ‘or from being a descendent of such a

marriage who professes the Roman Catholic faith.’.



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