Does not the hon. Gentleman’s amendment address a situation that has arisen in other Protestant monarchies of northern Europe in which someone who had been brought up a Catholic decided to convert to being a Protestant when joining the royal family? Does it not look as if the wording of the Act of Settlement makes a once-and-for-all decision as soon as any kind of commitment is registered and should we not be clear that someone is free to make a choice at a later stage in their life?
Succession to the Crown Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Beith
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 28 January 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Succession to the Crown Bill.
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