House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001
- House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001
Infobox UK Legislation
short_title=House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001
parliament=Parliament of the United Kingdom
long_title=An Act to remove any disqualification from membership of the House of Commons that arises by reason of a person having been ordained...
statute_book_chapter=2001 c. 13
introduced_by=
territorial_extent=England and Wales; Scotland; Northern Ireland
royal_assent=11 May 2001
commencement=11 May 2001
repeal_date=
amendments=
related_legislation=House of Commons (Clergy Disqualification) Act 1801 House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975
repealing_legislation=
status=Current
original_text=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2001/ukpga_20010013_en_1
activeTextDocId=1471321
legislation_history=|The House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The purpose of the Act was to remove the disqualifications for clergy in standing for election as Members of Parliament and sitting in the House of Commons. The Act also allowed clergy to sit in other elected bodies including the European Parliament. Some bishops of the Church of England continue to be disqualified, as they sit in the House of Lords as Lords Spiritual.
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, who was a Catholic priest, as the Labour candidate for the safe seat of Greenock and Inverclyde. His former boss, Siobhain McDonagh had previously introduced similar legislation in 1999, but it had run out of Parliamentary time.
ee also
*James Godfrey MacManaway
External links
* [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2001/ukpga_20010013_en_1 Text of the Act]
* [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2001/en/ukpgaen_20010013_en_1 Explanatory note to the Act]
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