Succession to the Crown Bill

The hon. Gentleman is giving away his age. If he could please keep to common English. Thank you.<...

It is interesting that we have got on to linguistic discrimination. I could stay within the rules...

My hon. Friend is completely wrong. In the 13th century, 14th century, 15th century, 16th century...

I am informed otherwise by those who perhaps have an even greater knowledge of this place than ot...

Order. Perhaps we can get back to new clause 1 and amendments 1 and 2.

I will speak about new clause 1, as you rightly say, Mr Deputy Speaker, though these remarks are ...

A moment ago, the hon. Gentleman said that the monarchy had done nothing in the past 100 years fo...

rose—

Order. We are now generalising the debate and not really focusing on new clause 1 and amendments ...

I would be delighted, but let me say—although I probably should not—that the contribution of roya...

The hon. Gentleman is making a good point about the Celtic Church—as I did in an intervention—but...

I might address that point later, but the saints—Piran and the rest of them—are celebrated to thi...

The hon. Gentleman must admit that even the Celtic Church was introduced into these isles by the ...

I look back with some fondness to the Roman empire as a time when we had a common currency in Eur...

Order. I fear that the hon. Gentleman’s speech might be on a loop. He started with this, and I th...

I am delighted to support new clause 1 —it is a minute improvement to the Bill—and I hope that th...

I wish to speak to amendments 1 and 2, which raise an important point.

It was a bit much fo...

As I understand it, Her Majesty the Queen has attended a Roman Catholic service at some stage in ...

It depends whether one thinks that Her Majesty was reconciled to Rome by that action, which did n...

To reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Beckenham (Bob Stewart) through my right hon. Friend, t...

Perhaps we should not get into a discussion about precisely how the Queen has dealt with these ma...

Will my right hon. Friend give way?

I want to get on to amendments 1 and 2, because I am anxious that we get this right and I am inte...

I have attached my name to amendments 1 and 2, but not to new clause 1. That is not because I par...

I must begin by saying that I do not have to declare an interest in the debate today, in that I a...

The regent would assume the role under the Regency Act 1937, which requires that the regent shoul...

I thought that the hon. Gentleman might come back with that response. However, the difficulty wit...

I thank all hon. Members who have spoken today for their erudite and comprehensive contributions....

If my amendments were not within the scope, Mr Speaker would surely not have selected them.

That is absolutely correct. That clarification was right; the amendments are within the scope of ...

I have no intention of disputing your ruling, Mr Deputy Speaker, and that was not the intention o...

Although I am sympathetic to the aims of the hon. Member for North East Somerset (Jacob Rees-Mogg...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his support for the Bill. I can reassure him and all Members that ...

Does my hon. Friend agree that in this particular case, what my hon. Friend the Member for North ...

I deeply respect my right hon. Friend’s intervention and, indeed, his contributions to the debate...

I understand the Minister’s argument, but it does not address the fact that, throughout the discu...

I recognise the measured point that right hon. Friend makes. The difficulty or tension here that ...

I do not understand the Minister’s point—that if the two amendments were passed, it could result ...

As I understand the amendments tabled by our hon. Friend the Member for North East Somerset, they...

The Minister is throwing up a plot line here that even Jeffrey Archer would not try to contrive i...

I am trying to describe a situation where an older child—the Bill affects nothing to do with the ...

If the Minister will forgive me for saying it, this is now sounding a little like “There’s a hole...

During this debate many hon. Members have asked the Government to take account of unintended cons...

Will the Minister accept the reality of change in this extremely complex constitutional area? Wha...

I welcome the comments of the hon. Gentleman, who brings me back to the point that I do not belie...

I begin my reply by thanking the Lord President of the Council for saying:

“The Bill does t...

I beg to move amendment 3, page 1, line 2, leave out

‘born after 28 October 2011’

and...

I will be equally as brief as the hon. Gentleman. I, too, understand that the effect of his amend...

Does the Minister agree that not only would it be intrinsically unfair to adopt an ex post facto ...

I thank my hon. Friend for that contribution. I note that the different clauses of this Bill do c...

I am disappointed at the limit to the reforming zeal of this Government, who seem to be saying, “...

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

I want to thank the House for the ...

On that issue—my right hon. Friend uses the example of a daughter and a younger son—has he manage...

That matter has been brought up at various stages of the Bill. Titles are a matter for the monarc...

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way but I believe he might not understand me. Th...

On the titles to which my hon. Friend refers, the following might be helpful. The Scottish titles...

We have had a good debate today, and there were excellent debates last week on Second Reading and...

I wish to speak very briefly. First, I thank the Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office, my hon....

It is a great pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Mid Sussex (Nicholas Soames) and I wan...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Leicester East (Keith Vaz), the Chairman of ...

I accept everything that the hon. Gentleman has said so far, but does he agree with me and other ...

For my part, I prefer to leave the structures alone if we can possibly do so. I think there is so...

The hon. Gentleman says the Act is redundant. Would it not be more accurate to say that it is a r...

I do not go so far as to say it is a ridiculous piece of legislation because there is a good reas...

I am grateful to follow the hon. Member for Northampton North (Michael Ellis). When he talked abo...

May I suggest that Parliament will still make the decision, because it could intercede and put so...

That is not in the Bill. Indeed, the Government have said that it is entirely a matter for the Cr...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

This is waistcoat-to-waistcoat business, isn’t it?

The hon. Gentleman missed out the succession of Mary Tudor, when the Act of Parliament —the Third...

That is absolutely right. It is interesting that we had gone through three Succession Acts, but a...

I had no intention of contributing to this thin Bill’s passage through the House of Commons. In f...

With brevity and the leave of the House, I simply want to confirm that I would be happy to expand...

Will the Minister give way?

Will the hon. Gentleman not allow me the pleasure of simply saying, “God save the Queen”?

I have no objection at all—the Minister can say it again if she likes.

My hon. Friend the M...

Thank you for that short intervention.

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention and commend the Bill to the other place.

Qu...