| Heading: |
Honours: Succession |
| Question ID: |
1760504 |
| UIN: |
27780 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5226 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Michelle Welsh
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| Asking Member handle: |
MichelleWelshMP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@MichelleWelshMP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislation to end male primogeniture for baronetage. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-06 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4479 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Nick Thomas-Symonds
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| Answering Member handle: |
nicktorfaenmp
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@nicktorfaenmp
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The Government recognises that baronetcies, like other hereditary titles, can usually only be inherited by male heirs. However, the Government is prioritising on delivering its manifesto commitments, including reform of the House of Lords. |
| Original answer text: |
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| Comparable answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
53 |
| Answering body name: |
Cabinet Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |