HC Deb 07 April 1932 vol 264 c302
45. Mr. V. ADAMS

asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider introducing legislation to remove the religious disability attaching to the office of Lord Chancellor?

The LORD PRESIDENT of the COUNCIL (Mr. Baldwin)

No, Sir.

Mr. ADAMS

Can my right hon. Friend inform me whether in the theory of our Constitution the office of Lord Chancellor carries with it any sex disability?

Mr. BALDWIN

I will make inquiries.

Mr. CROSSLEY

Is the Lord President of the Council aware that this is the sole survival of legal religious intolerance in our law?

Mr. BALDWIN

I believe my hon. Friend is correctly informed.

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