Act of Settlement

HC Deb 28 October 1994 vol 248 c873W

Mr. Mackinlay

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which Commonwealth countries are able to amend, through legislation passed by their own Parliament, the Act of Settlement.

Mr. Baldry

[holding answer 24 October 1994]The Act of Settlement 1700 can be amended only by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.