Royal Marriages and Succession to the Crown (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill

Part of Prayers – in the House of Commons at 12:11 pm on 27 March 2009.

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Photo of Andrew Slaughter Andrew Slaughter Labour, Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush 12:11, 27 March 2009

With all due respect to the hon. Gentleman, he is being slightly naive in saying that he can put forward this proposal without any ramifications or consequences. Yes, it is true that one can take an approach whereby one picks off one by one the offensive elements of Bills that one does not like, but surely it is far better, as the Prime Minister has indicated, to do it in a comprehensive and constitutional way.