Private members bill on Act of Settlement

Title

Private members bill on Act of Settlement

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:03:07

Description

Interview with a male MP (not identified - poss. Norman Hogg, Labour MP for Dunbartonshire) about a Parliamentary private members bill aimed at repealing the Act of Settlement which lays down that any member of the Royal family who marries a Catholic cannot succeed to the throne. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Norman Hogg?

Keywords

Legislation; Parliamentary bills; Law; Religion; Marriage; Monarchy; Royal family; Anglicanism; Royalty; Law reform; Catholicism; Catholics

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