HL Deb 26 November 1986 vol 482 c633WA
Lord Sudeley

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the Family Law Reform Bill will give formerly illegitimate sons of peers the rights of heirs; and whether it will give them precedence over younger legitimate heirs, especially in succeeding to peerages.

The Lord Chancellor (Lord Hailsham of Saint Marylebone)

No. I will be referring to this in detail in my Second Reading speech tomorrow.