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SUPPLEMENT TO THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

 
 

Monday 28 January 2013

 

Report Stage Proceedings

 

Succession to the Crown Bill, As Amended

 

New Clauses

 

Removal of disqualification arising from faith

 

Jacob Rees-Mogg

 

Mr Edward Leigh

 

John McDonnell

 

Negatived on division  NC1

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

A person is not disqualified from succeeding to the Crown or from possessing it

 

as a result of that person not joining in communion with the Church of England

 

as by law established; and all provisions to the contrary in the Bill of Rights and

 

the Act of Settlement are accordingly superseded.

 

(2)    

Where a person who succeeds to the Crown or possesses it declares to the Privy

 

Council that he or she is not in communion with the Church of England as by law

 

established, the person who is next in line of succession to the Crown and who is

 

in communion with the Church of England shall perform the functions of

 

Supreme Governor of the Church of England in the name of and on behalf of the

 

Sovereign.

 

(3)    

The provisions in subsections (3) to (5) of section 3 of the Regency Act 1937

 

apply to such a person who is Supreme Governor, with the substitution for

 

references to the Regent of references to the Supreme Governor.’.

 

 
 

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Succession to the Crown Bill, continued

 
 

Effects of civil partnerships

 

Paul Flynn

 

Not selected  NC2

 

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.’.

 

 

Holding of referendum

 

Paul Flynn

 

Not selected  NC3

 

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

 

Not selected  NC4

 

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

 

(b)    

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

 

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

 

 

Paul Flynn

 

Withdrawn  3

 

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

 

‘whenever born’.

 
 

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Succession to the Crown Bill, continued

 
 

Jacob Rees-Mogg

 

Mr Edward Leigh

 

John McDonnell

 

Mark Durkan

 

Not called  1

 

Page  1,  line  10  [Clause  2],  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

A child of a marriage, which at the time of the marriage disqualified one of their

 

parents from succeeding to the Crown or possessing it, who is at the time of the

 

coming into force of this section of the Roman Catholic faith shall not as a result

 

be for ever incapable of succeeding to the Crown.’.

 

Jacob Rees-Mogg

 

Mr Edward Leigh

 

John McDonnell

 

Mark Durkan

 

Not called  2

 

Page  1,  line  10  [Clause  2],  at end insert—

 

‘(2B)    

A child of a marriage, which takes place after the coming into force of this section

 

between a Roman Catholic and a person in line of succession to the Crown, who

 

is of the Roman Catholic faith shall not as a result be for ever incapable of

 

succeeding to the Crown.’.

 

 

New Schedule

 

Paul Flynn

 

Not selected  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

 
 

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Succession to the Crown Bill, continued

 
 

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?’.

 

Bill read the third time, and passed.

 

 
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