Equality (Titles) Bill
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Equality (Titles) Bill
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The Equality (Titles) Bill, known colloquially as the "Downton Law" and "Downton Abbey Law", was a Bill of the Parliament of the United Kingdom introduced in 2013 that would have ended a measure of gender discrimination and allowed for equal succession of female heirs to hereditary titles and peerages. The primogeniture legislation, in conjunction with the Succession to the Crown Act 2013, would align hereditary titles in accordance with the 1975 Sex Discrimination Act.
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United Kingdom legislation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equality_(Titles)_Bill
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2023-11-21T00:19:13Z
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