Succession to the Crown Bill

Insert the following new Clause—

“Royal marriages: heirs of the body

(1) A marriage is a Royal Marriage for the purposes of establishing the claim of any person to succeed to the Crown as heir to the body if that Marriage is a marriage between a man and a woman.

(2) A person is disqualified from succeeding to the Crown as an heir to the body of a Royal Marriage if they are not the offspring of both parties to that Marriage.

(3) This section does not apply in any case where both Houses of Parliament pass a resolution to the effect that it shall not apply.”

Insert the following new Clause—

“Succession to the Duchy of Cornwall not to depend on gender

In determining the succession to the Duchy of Cornwall, the gender of a person born after 28 October 2011 does not give that person, or that person’s descendants, precedence over any other person (whenever born).”

Page 1, line 7, at end insert “, provided the statutory requirement that any child of such marriage is brought up as an Anglican is maintained”

Page 1, line 12, leave out “6” and insert “12”

[Withdrawn]

Page 2, line 29, leave out subsection (2) and insert—

“(2) The other provisions of this Act shall be brought into force by statutory instrument subject to the approval of both Houses of Parliament.”

Page 2, line 31, at end insert—

“( ) An order made under subsection (2) shall not have authority in Scotland unless a draft has previously been approved by the Scottish Parliament.”

Page 2, line 32, at end insert—

“( ) This Act extends to England, Wales and Northern Ireland.”

Leave out Clause 5 and insert the following new Clause—

“Commencement

This Act shall come into force when all the relevant Commonwealth Parliaments have given their assent to all of its provisions.”

Page 3, line 23, at end insert—

4A In section 48(7)(a) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (effect of sections 33 to 47)—

(a) after “succession to” insert “or possession of the Crown or succession to”;

(b) after “succeeding to” insert “or possessing the Crown or transmitting a right to succeed to or possess the crown”.”