House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001
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| Act of Parliament | |
 House of Commons (Clergy Disqualification) Act 1801 | |
Status: Current legislation | |
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| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Text of the House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. |
| House of Commons (Clergy Disqualification) Act 1801 | ||
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| Act of Parliament | ||
 Commencement 23 June 1801 | | |
| Repealed | 11 May 2001 | |
| Other legislation | ||
| Repealed by | House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001 | |
Status: Repealed | ||
| Text of the House of Commons (Clergy Disqualification) Act 1801 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | ||
The House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001 (c. 13) is an
House of Commons. The Act also allowed clergy to sit in other elected bodies including the European Parliament. The act does, however, expressly reaffirm the continuing disqualification of those bishops of the Church of England who sit in the House of Lords as Lords Spiritual
, as no person may sit in both Houses of Parliament at the same time.
Previously clergy were disqualified to sit in the House of Commons due to the House of Commons (Clergy Disqualification) Act 1801 and section 10 of the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975.
The Bill was a reaction to the selection of David Cairns, a laicised Catholic priest, as the Labour candidate for the safe seat of Greenock and Inverclyde. Member of Parliament Siobhain McDonagh had previously introduced similar legislation in 1999, but it had run out of parliamentary time.
See also
- James Godfrey MacManaway
External links
- Text of the House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
- Explanatory note to the Act
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