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- Commonwealth_of_Britain_Bill abstract "The Commonwealth of Britain Bill was a bill first introduced in 1991 by Tony Benn, then a Labour Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. It proposed abolishing the British monarchy, with the United Kingdom becoming a "democratic, federal and secular commonwealth", in effect, a republic with a written constitution. It was read in Parliament a number of times until his retirement in 2001, but never achieved a second reading. Under the bill: The constitutional status of the Crown would be ended;The Church of England would be disestablished;The head of state would be the President, elected by a joint sitting of both Houses of the Commonwealth Parliament; Many functions of the Royal Prerogative would not be transferred to the President, but instead to Parliament;The Privy Council would be abolished, and replaced by a Council of State;The House of Lords would be replaced by an elected House of the People, with equal representation of men and women;The House of Commons would similarly have equal representation of men and women;England, Scotland and Wales would have their own National Parliaments; County Court judges and magistrates would be elected; andBritish jurisdiction over Northern Ireland would be ended.".
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- Commonwealth_of_Britain_Bill comment "The Commonwealth of Britain Bill was a bill first introduced in 1991 by Tony Benn, then a Labour Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. It proposed abolishing the British monarchy, with the United Kingdom becoming a "democratic, federal and secular commonwealth", in effect, a republic with a written constitution. It was read in Parliament a number of times until his retirement in 2001, but never achieved a second reading.".
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