Succession to the Crown Bill

Key Points

• Aims to remove gender-based distinctions in determining who becomes monarch by amending the Act of Settlement 1700.
• Seeks to ensure the line of succession is determined without regard to sex, applying to future heirs.
• Changes the constitutional rules governing the succession to the Crown.
• Originating in the Commons; the bill has had a 1st reading (18 January 2011) and is at the 2nd reading stage.

Progress

The bill is currently at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons, having originated in the Commons.