HC Deb 16 July 1976 vol 915 cc1141-2

Lords Amendment: No. 1, after Clause 9, in page 8, line 6, at end insert new Clause A: A.—(1) After the commencement of this Act the following rights of a husband shall be abolished, that is to say—

  1. (a) the right to cite a paramour of his wife as a co-defender in an action for divorce, and
  2. (b) the right to claim or to obtain damages (including solatium) from a paramour by way of reparation.
(2) Nothing in the provisions of the foregoing subsection shall preclude the court from awarding the expenses of the action for or against the paramour or alleged paramour in accordance with the practice of the court. (3) Section 7 of the Conjugal Rights (Scotland) (Amendment) Act 1861 (citation of a co-defender in an action for divorce and decree for expenses against him) shall cease to have effect.

Mr. Iain MacCormick (Argyll)

I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.

I should like to express my appreciation to Scottish Members of all parties for their support in this Bill, to the Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, to the Lord Advocate, and to Lord Selkirk, who steered the Bill through another place.

Question put and agreed to.

Subsequent Lords amendments agreed to.