§ Mr. Leeasked the Attorney-General if he will make a statement on the rights of succession to peerage titles in respect of those cases not governed by special remainders providing for succession by the female line, in view of the statutory obligations created by the Sexual Equality Act.
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§ Dr. SummerskillI have been asked to reply.
The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 does not affect the succession to hereditary peerages.