New Clause 1 — Removal of disqualification arising from faith

Part of Succession to the Crown Bill – in the House of Commons at 5:00 pm on 28 January 2013.

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Photo of Michael Ellis Michael Ellis Conservative, Northampton North 5:00, 28 January 2013

Is it not the case that his holiness the Pope, who wears the triple crown, is also a temporal sovereign? Would it not be a requirement of that office that he be of the Catholic faith? Does that situation have any similarity with the point that my hon. Friend is making?