Clause 16 - Peerages etc.
Gender Recognition Bill [Lords]
2:45 pm
Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon, Liberal Democrat)
Will the Minister clarify whether the fundamental problem is that of primogeniture? I do not want to go too far down that road but can he, as a Minister in the Department for Constitutional Affairs, clarify whether, among the range of matters considered by his Department, the proposal to scrap that rule will emanate at some point? That would solve the problem to which my hon. Friend the Member for Teignbridge (Richard Younger-Ross) drew attention.