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Marriage (Wales) Bill (HL). Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question and committed to a Committee of the Whole House.
Marriage (Wales) Bill (HL). Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question and committed to a Committee of the Whole House.
Lead member
Lord Rowe-Beddoe
Answering member
Lord Bach
Department
Ministry of Justice
Type
Debates on bills
Legislative stage
Second reading
Procedure
Private members' bills proceedings
Legislation
Marriage (Wales) Bill (HL) 2009-10
Subjects
Church of England; Churches; Ecclesiastical law; Marriage; Wales; Church in Wales
Date
11 December 2009
Reference
715 c1290-4
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to introduce legislation to remove the restrictions on heirs to the throne marrying Roman Catholics and to enable equal rights to succession to be enjoyed by daughters of the Sovereign.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to introduce legislation to remove the restrictions on heirs to the throne marrying Roman Catholics and to enable equal rights to succession to be enjoyed by daughters of the Sovereign.
Asked by
Baroness Quin
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Bach
(Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Procedure
Topical questions (HL)
For answer on
2 April 2009
Answered on
2 April 2009
My Lords, this is a complex issue. While there is no question of changing the constitutional role of the monarch or the Church of England as the established church, both my right honourable friends the Prime Minister and the Lord Chancellor have said that we have to deal with issues of discrimination here. The laws concerning marriage to Catholics and the primacy of male members of the Royal Family should change, but that can happen only with the agreement of all the Commonwealth countries of which Her Majesty the Queen is the Head of State. Given the need for consensus across all the Queen’s realms, this cannot happen overnight.
Subjects
Catholicism; Women; Marriage; Monarchy; Succession; Royal family
Date
2 April 2009
Reference
709 c1178
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, this is a complex issue. While there is no question of changing the constitutional role of the monarch or the Church of England as the established church, both my right honourable friends the Prime Minister and the Lord Chancellor have said that we have to deal with issues of discrimination here. The laws concerning marriage to Catholics and the primacy of male members of the Royal Family should change, but that can happen only with the agreement of all the Commonwealth countries of which Her Majesty the Queen is the Head of State. Given the need for consensus across all the Queen’s realms, this cannot happen overnight.
My Lords, this is a complex issue. While there is no question of changing the constitutional role of the monarch or the Church of England as the established church, both my right honourable friends the Prime Minister and the Lord Chancellor have said that we have to deal with issues of discrimination here. The laws concerning marriage to Catholics and the primacy of male members of the Royal Family should change, but that can happen only with the agreement of all the Commonwealth countries of which Her Majesty the Queen is the Head of State. Given the need for consensus across all the Queen’s realms, this cannot happen overnight.
Answered by
Lord Bach
(Labour)
Asked by
Baroness Quin
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to introduce legislation to remove the restrictions on heirs to the throne marrying Roman Catholics and to enable equal rights to succession to be enjoyed by daughters of the Sovereign.
Subjects
Catholicism; Women; Marriage; Monarchy; Succession; Royal family
Date
2 April 2009
Reference
709 c1178
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, on my noble friend’s second point, there is more than one view about whether this is the appropriate moment to take action. On her first point about whether we might remedy one of these issues and not the other, the problem is that the same difficulties apply when amending the law on succession to effect equal rights for females in the line of succession as to removing anti-Catholic provisions in the Act of Settlement. The Statute of Westminster 1931 requires the assent of the Parliaments of all those countries of which Her Majesty the Queen is Head of State.
My Lords, on my noble friend’s second point, there is more than one view about whether this is the appropriate moment to take action. On her first point about whether we might remedy one of these issues and not the other, the problem is that the same difficulties apply when amending the law on succession to effect equal rights for females in the line of succession as to removing anti-Catholic provisions in the Act of Settlement. The Statute of Westminster 1931 requires the assent of the Parliaments of all those countries of which Her Majesty the Queen is Head of State.
Answered by
Lord Bach
(Labour)
Asked by
Baroness Quin
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, I thank my noble friend, but given that the debate in the other place last Friday aroused much interest and showed strong levels of public support for ending these discriminations, I urge the Government to act more quickly and bring in a measure either to deal with both discriminations together or, if it is easier to get agreement, to deal with each of them in turn. Does my noble friend agree that it is wise to introduce these changes now when they can be considered on their own merits rather than being seen to favour one particular successor to the Crown over another?
Subjects
Catholicism; Women; Marriage; Monarchy; Succession; Royal family
Date
2 April 2009
Reference
709 c1178
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, we are anticipating this problem; we have anticipated it. Discussions are taking place and will continue to take place, because this is a matter which, at some stage, needs to be resolved.
My Lords, we are anticipating this problem; we have anticipated it. Discussions are taking place and will continue to take place, because this is a matter which, at some stage, needs to be resolved.
Answered by
Lord Bach
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Maclennan of Rogart
(Liberal Democrat)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, would it not be preferable for the Government to show that they prefer to anticipate problems? However, they have to face them.
Subjects
Catholicism; Women; Marriage; Monarchy; Succession; Royal family
Date
2 April 2009
Reference
709 c1179
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I am certainly not going into the question of what Commonwealth countries may or may not have said on this issue; that would be quite inappropriate and wrong. As I understand it, discussions have started and are continuing.
My Lords, I am certainly not going into the question of what Commonwealth countries may or may not have said on this issue; that would be quite inappropriate and wrong. As I understand it, discussions have started and are continuing.
Answered by
Lord Bach
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Dubs
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, my noble friend mentioned the difficulty of this complex issue and consulting the Commonwealth, but have the Government started that consultation? Also, could he mention one Commonwealth country that would be against these proposals?
Subjects
Catholicism; Women; Marriage; Monarchy; Succession; Royal family
Date
2 April 2009
Reference
709 c1180
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
Yes, my Lords.
Yes, my Lords.
Answered by
Lord Bach
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Kingsland
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, bearing in mind that the Act of Settlement inextricably links so many crucial components of our constitution with the monarchy and accepting that constitutional change in the United Kingdom must, despite the recent record of the Government, be based on consensus—in these matters, that means agreement by the Houses of Parliament, by the Church of England, by the Roman Catholic Church and other denominations, by the monarchy and by public opinion—does the Minister then agree that a Private Member’s Bill is a wholly inappropriate way of promoting changes in this area?
Subjects
Catholicism; Women; Marriage; Monarchy; Succession; Royal family
Date
2 April 2009
Reference
709 c1180
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, the noble Lord, as so often, is quite right.
My Lords, the noble Lord, as so often, is quite right.
Answered by
Lord Bach
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Catholicism; Women; Marriage; Monarchy; Succession; Royal family
Date
2 April 2009
Reference
709 c1179
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I agree with the right reverend Prelate. However, we must keep moving on this; we cannot just use the excuse of discussions for not doing something about it. That does not detract from the fact—I repeat it—that this is a complex matter
My Lords, I agree with the right reverend Prelate. However, we must keep moving on this; we cannot just use the excuse of discussions for not doing something about it. That does not detract from the fact—I repeat it—that this is a complex matter
Answered by
Lord Bach
(Labour)
Asked by
Bishop of Chelmsford
(Bishops (affiliation))
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, does the Minister accept that in recent times, Protestants and Catholics have developed increasing bonds of affection and friendship, and that we have made a little progress ourselves in these matters since the 16th and 17th centuries? Will he repeat the fact that complex issues lie behind these matters and that there is no immediate practical need for action? That gives time for the necessary consultation to take place and for these matters to be presented in a way which is rooted in a genuine consensus.
Subjects
Catholicism; Women; Marriage; Monarchy; Succession; Royal family
Date
2 April 2009
Reference
709 c1179
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I have already said that it is accepted by the Government that these are cases of discrimination and they need to be changed. However, this is a complex issue, as the noble Lord will understand; he was a member of a Government that I do not think sought to change the position as it was then and as it is now. He is right in the sense that this is discriminatory and that the Government have to do something about it. This is a complex issue which requires the agreement of those other countries in the Commonwealth which treat the Queen as their Head of State.
My Lords, I have already said that it is accepted by the Government that these are cases of discrimination and they need to be changed. However, this is a complex issue, as the noble Lord will understand; he was a member of a Government that I do not think sought to change the position as it was then and as it is now. He is right in the sense that this is discriminatory and that the Government have to do something about it. This is a complex issue which requires the agreement of those other countries in the Commonwealth which treat the Queen as their Head of State.
Answered by
Lord Bach
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, does the Minister acknowledge that the ban on the heirs to the throne marrying Catholics is the constitution’s grubby little secret? Does he recall that the previous Prime Minister, Mr Blair, promised to tackle this and gave exactly the same line as we are hearing from the Dispatch Box today? Just how long will it take this Government to deal with this question?
Subjects
Catholicism; Women; Marriage; Monarchy; Succession; Royal family
Date
2 April 2009
Reference
709 c1178-9
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
Lords debate on motion to take note of the report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights on Monitoring the Government's Response to Human Rights Judgements: Annual Report 2008 (HL 173 2007-08). Agreed to on question.
Lords debate on motion to take note of the report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights on Monitoring the Government's Response to Human Rights Judgements: Annual Report 2008 (HL 173 2007-08). Agreed to on question.
Lead member
Lord Lester of Herne Hill
Answering member
Lord Bach
Department
Ministry of Justice; Joint Committee on Human Rights
Type
Debates on select committee reports
Legislation
Human Rights Act 1998
Subjects
Artificial insemination; Databases; Annual reports; Elections; Intelligence services; Human rights; European Convention on Human Rights; Homicide; Migrants; Judgements; European Court of Human Rights; Marriage; Northern Ireland; Prisoners; Voting rights; Ministry of Justice; Council of Europe Committee of Ministers
Date
24 November 2008
Reference
705 c123-44GC
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
House
House of Lords
Whether the statement made by a Government Minister to Lord Freyberg and the Assistant General Secretary of the Forces Pension Society on 14 October 2004, that if Lord Freyberg were to win a vote on his amendment to the Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill relating to post retirement marriages,...
Whether the statement made by a Government Minister to Lord Freyberg and the Assistant General Secretary of the Forces Pension Society on 14 October 2004, that if Lord Freyberg were to win a vote on his amendment to the Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill relating to post retirement marriages,...
Asked by
Lord Morris of Manchester
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Bach
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
27 January 2005
Answered on
27 January 2005
Legislation
Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill 2003/04
Subjects
Armed forces; Marriage; Pensions; Pension rights; Retirement
Date
27 January 2005
Reference
HL 784; 668 c180WA
House
House of Lords
Learning and Skills Bill (HL). Lords third reading debate. Debate on amendments and motion that Bill do now pass. Passed on question and sent to the Commons.
Learning and Skills Bill (HL). Lords third reading debate. Debate on amendments and motion that Bill do now pass. Passed on question and sent to the Commons.
Lead member
Baroness Blackstone
Answering member
Lord Bach
Department
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Debates on bills
Legislative stage
Third reading
Procedure
Government defeats; New clauses
Legislation
Learning and Skills Bill (HL) 1999/2000
Subjects
Adult education; Homosexuality; Education; Inspections; Learning and Skills Council for England; Learning and skills councils; Qualifications; Marriage; Office for Standards in Education; National Council for Education and Training for Wales; Training; Vocational guidance; Young people; Sixth form education; Further Education Funding Council for England; Adult Learning Inspectorate; Further Education Funding Council for Wales
Date
23 March 2000
Reference
611 c407-83
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords