Talk:House of Lords Act 1999
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[Removed trollery 68.39.174.238 03:37, 4 February 2007 (UTC)]
No, Brian. The Act restricts those who are hereditary peers, the nobles that bear titles passed down through the generations. The Lords Spiritual do not inherit their titles from their parents; thus, the Act does not apply to them. As for Separation of Church and State, Her Majesty the Queen is Supreme Governor of the Church of England, which she and her forbearers have been for centuries and is unlikely to change at any point in the foreseeable future. (Without causing massive constitutional and parliamentary reforms, red tape, uproar over ending tradition and headaches all around, that is.) At least England is tolerent of all other religions within her dominions, unlike some other troubled areas of this world, to which I pray relief and prosperity will someday come. -- Euryale 21:05, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
- It should be noted that within the United Kingdom, there is no established church in Wales or Northern Ireland, while in Scotland the constitutional position of the Church of Scotland is distinct to that of the Church of England in England JAJ 23:22, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
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So, is this upshot of this that the House is suddenly a few hundred (?) smaller? If so, how many were removed? 68.39.174.238 03:38, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
