HC Deb 28 January 1981 vol 997 c419W
Mr. Deakins

asked the Lord Privy Seal if there is any precedent for dealing with a request by the Canadian Government to patriate the Canadian constitution, as distinct from a request to amend that constitution.

Mr. Ridley

There have in the past been numerous requests for amendment to the British North America Act from the Canadian Federal Parliament, but none of them so far has been a request to patriate the Canadian constitution.