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Bill · started in the Lords

Rights of the Sovereign and the Duchy of Cornwall Bill [HL]

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Lords)

The story so farThe Rights of the Sovereign and the Duchy of Cornwall Bill was introduced in the House of Lords on 26 March 2013 by Lord Berkeley (Labour). It is now at second reading in the House of Lords. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

What the bill does

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.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Lords 26 Mar 2013
  2. 2nd reading Lords Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 27 Mar 2013.