§ Mr. Leeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is satisfied with the law of peerage succession whereby succession is confined to male persons, except in rare cases where the letters patent governing the existence of a peerage provide otherwise, in the light of the recent legislation in favour of sexual equality and of the Government's declared policy in this regard.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesAs my hon. Friend knows, the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 does not affect the succession to hereditary peerages, but I see no grounds for further action on my part.