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Succession to the Crown Bill

Proceeding contribution from Paul Flynn (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 28 January 2013. It occurred during Debate on bills on Succession to the Crown Bill.

It is interesting that we have got on to linguistic discrimination. I could stay within the rules of the House and speak in Middle English, which very few, if any, people in the House speak, but I am denied the opportunity to speak in the language of Wales, which has the same authority and respect in this House as spitting on the carpet, where it is ruled as “unruly behaviour”. However, I will move on.

What is important in a Head of State? It is character, not religion. I am not allowed to be offensive to members of the royal family, because we are bound by rules that were created in the 13th century. I can do it outside this place, but not in Parliament—part of the infantilism of Parliament.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
557 c712 
Session
2012-13
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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