Clause 42 - Effect of Act of Settlement on
Courts Bill [Lords]
3:30 pm
Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath, Conservative)
We welcome the Government's action. As the Minister said, it is a concession to those on the Opposition Benches. Not only Lord Goodhart for the Liberal Democrats in another place,
but my noble friends Baroness Anelay of St. Johns and Lord Renton have expressed their worries about the matter. It is undoubtedly an improvement to the Bill and it shows that there is a purpose in our debating such matters. Both Houses can achieve a better Bill. The amendment removes an anomaly and we welcome the Government's change of mind to recognise what was rightly said from our Benches and the Liberal Democrat Benches in another place.