When Rishi Sunak called the General Election, all bills promptly failed in their progress through parliament. This included Harriet Baldwin’s excellent Private Members’ Bill – Hereditary Titles (Female Succession) Bill. Harriet (who retained her West Worcester seat in the election) has, along with many other MPs, long been a vociferous and effective champion of Daughters’
Harriet Baldwin’s PMB was scheduled to receive its second reading on 23 February; it was timed out and is rescheduled for 21 June. Here is the televised debate: ps://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/53f4def8-62a7-476e-b721-1ea61739e01a And here is the Hansard transcript: Contact: Charlotte Carew Pole T:07977 481460 E:[email protected] @DaughtersRights Background: Male Hereditary Peers: 91 Female Hereditary Peer: 1 Male Peers on the
24th February 2024 — Succession to Peerages and Baronetcies Bill – received its second reading in the House of Lords on Friday 9 February. It now proceeds to the Committee Stage, where it will be scrutinised line by line. The Hansard transcript from 9 February is Succession to Peerages and Baronetcies Bill [HL] – Hansard –
Hereditary Titles (Female Succession) Bill – is scheduled to receive its second reading in the Commons on Friday 23 February. Contact: Charlotte Carew Pole T:07977 481460 E:[email protected] @DaughtersRights Background: Male Hereditary Peers: 91 Female Hereditary Peer: 1 Male Peers on the register for election: 209 Female Peers on the register for election: 1 Daughters’ Rights began its
In December 2018, Penny Mordaunt, then Minister for Women & Equalities, was quoted in The Telegraph as writing to Theresa May requesting that the system governing the awarding of titles be ‘remedied’ to ensure that the spouses of all recipients be treated equally. In light of her support for equality for spouses, we have asked
8 March 2019 — The Daughters’ Rights campaign to allow first-born daughters the same rights to inherit titles as sons took an important step towards becoming law this week when the Hereditary Titles (Female Succession) Bill passed its first reading with cross-party support in the House of Commons. The passing of the first stage of
Our bill is being read in the House of Commons on the 5th March 2019, see below:
Sunday TImes – 2018-07-15 Or read online in The Sunday Times
And we’re in The Sun as well – have a look at the article here with a piece about Meghan Markle’s potential daughter not inheriting the title.
For years we have been known as the Hares: Equality for Women in the Peerage – but we all feel that as our campaign gathers momentum we need to focus less on the hereditary aspect of our group and more on the political nature of what we are trying to achieve. In this day and
