§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Attorney-General if he will seek to amend the law so as to remove the disability that a divorce petition may not be filed if the domicile of the petitioning spouse is described as being in Wales, though his permanent home may be in that country.
§ The Attorney-GeneralNo. As I said in answer to the hon. Member on 3rd May, 1967, domicile is a legal concept involving a reference to the whole of a territory possessing its own system of law, which in this context means England and Wales. It is not accurate to describe anyone as domiciled in Wales even though he may have his permanent home there. He could, however, be described as domiciled in England and Wales.—[Vol. 746, c.83–4.]