A bill to amend the Sovereign Grant Act 2011; amend the succession to the title of the Duke of Cornwall; re-distribute the Duchy of Cornwall estate; and to remove the requirement for a Parliament to obtain Queen or Prince's consent to consideration of bills passing through Parliament.
House of Lords
27 March 2013
This bill makes four changes related to the monarchy and the Duchy of Cornwall: it rewrites aspects of funding for the Crown, alters who inherits the title Duke of Cornwall, reorganises the Duchy of Cornwall’s land and assets, and removes the need for Parliament to obtain consent from the Queen or Prince before considering legislation. It is a Lords-originating bill and is currently at the second reading in the Lords.
The bill is currently at the second reading in the House of Lords. If it progresses, it would move to the Lords’ committee stage and then on to the House of Commons for consideration.
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