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House of Commons

Tuesday 22 January 2013

Committee of the whole House

Succession to the Crown Bill

Paul Flynn

1

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  2,  leave out ‘born after 28 October 2011’ and insert

‘whenever born’.

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.’.

John McDonnell

Katy Clark

15

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  7,  at end insert ‘or as a result of being a descendant of such a

marriage who professes the Roman Catholic faith.’.

Ian Paisley

16

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  7,  at end insert ‘provided that person remains in communion

with the Church of England in accordance with section 3 of the Act of Settlement.’.

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.’.

Committee of the whole House: 22 January 2013
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Jacob Rees-Mogg

6

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

‘(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.’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

2

Clause  3,  page  1,  line  20,  after ‘descendants’ insert ‘from the marriage’.

New Clauses

Holding of referendum

Paul Flynn

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
A referendum shall be held on the question whether on the next demise of the

Crown (whether by death or abdication) any person should succeed Her Majesty

Queen Elizabeth the Second as Sovereign and Head of State of the United

Kingdom.

(2)
A referendum shall be held at the same time as that to be held under subsection

(1) above on the question as to how any future head of state of the United

Kingdom should be elected in the event of Parliament determining that no person

shall succeed Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second.

(3)
The questions to be asked in the referendums shall be in the form set out in the

Schedule to this Act.’.

Those entitled to vote in referendum

Paul Flynn

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

‘Those entitled to vote in the referendum shall be—

(a)
the persons who, at the date of the referendum, would be entitled to vote

as electors at a parliamentary election in any constituency; and

Committee of the whole House: 22 January 2013
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Succession to the Crown Bill, continued

(b)
peers who, at the date of the referendum, would be entitled to vote as

electors at a local government election in any area.’.

Civil partnership

Paul Flynn

Kelvin Hopkins

NC3

To move the following Clause:—

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

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

the throne.’.

John McDonnell

Katy Clark

7

Schedule,  page  3,  line  11,  leave out paragraph 2 and insert ‘Omit the lines beginning

with “And whereas it hath beene found” and ending with “naturally dead”.’.

Jacob Rees-Mogg

20

Schedule,  page  3,  line  14,  at end insert—


‘In section 1 of the Bill of Rights—

( )
after “jurisdiction within the same”, insert “except if the Popish

Religion is inherited from a parent who has married an heir to the

throne”.

( )
After “naturally dead”, insert “except as above”.’.

Jacob Rees-Mogg

17

Schedule,  page  3,  line  16,  at end insert—

‘( )
In the preamble, after “jurisdiction within the same”, insert “except if the Popish

Religion is inherited from a parent who has married an heir to the throne”.’.

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.”.’.

Committee of the whole House: 22 January 2013
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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.”.’.

Jacob Rees-Mogg

18

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

‘( )
In section 2, after “profess the popish religion”, insert “unless as a result of

inheriting the said religion from a parent who has married an heir to the throne”.’.

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.”.’.

Committee of the whole House: 22 January 2013
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Jacob Rees-Mogg

19

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

‘( )
In section 3, after “by law established”, insert “or the duties of Supreme Governor

of the Church of England and title Defender of the Faith shall pass to a regent

under the Regency Act 1937”.’.

New Schedule

Paul Flynn

ns1

To move the following Schedule:—

‘Form of Ballot Paper


Parliament has voted to hold referendums simultaneously on the questions of

whether—

(a)
any person should succeed Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth as Sovereign

and Head of State; and

(b)
whether, in the event of Parliament deciding to end the role of the

Crown as Head of State of the United Kingdom, future heads of state

should be elected by Members of both Houses of Parliament or by

popular vote.


You may choose to answer either or both of the questions printed below. If

you answer only one question, your vote will still be counted.


The questions are—

1.
DO YOU AGREE THAT ON THE DEATH OR ABDICATION

OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH NO-ONE SHOULD

SUCCEED HER AS SOVEREIGN AND HEAD OF STATE,

AND THAT FUTURE HEADS OF STATE OF THE UNITED

KINGDOM SHOULD BE ELECTED?


  YES


  NO

2.
IF FUTURE HEADS OF STATE OF THIS COUNTRY WERE TO

BE ELECTED, DO YOU THINK THAT THEY SHOULD BE

ELECTED BY—


  A. MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT?


     OR


  B. POPULAR VOTE?’.



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