I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way but I believe he might not understand me. The monarch is the fount of honour and can create a title, but most titles are not the privilege of the monarch once they are created—most titles are in fact a matter for Parliament. It takes an Act of Parliament to change or abolish a title except those deemed, under the doctrine of merger, to resort back to the Crown. In that case, will he tell us what will happen to those titles not under the doctrine of merger?
Succession to the Crown Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Ben Wallace
(Conservative)
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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