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Government Rejects Calls for Debate on Prince Andrew
The government supports focusing parliamentary time on other issues despite growing calls for revoking Prince Andrew’s dukedom amid ongoing investigations, officials said.
- On Thursday, Downing Street said the Royal Family does not want MPs to take time from `other important issues`, so no Commons time will be given to debate Prince Andrew.
- Last week, revelations in Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memoir revived allegations, and reporting that Prince Andrew, Duke of York, paid a peppercorn rent for his 30-room Royal Lodge intensified pressure.
- Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said substantive motions can be tabled by the government, opposition or Backbench Business Committee, and Erskine May bars royal conduct debate without such motions.
- On Thursday, Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown said the Public Accounts Committee will write to the Crown Estate Commissioners and HM Treasury seeking lease information and decide next year on an investigation.
- Stephen Flynn, SNP Westminster leader, has tabled a motion calling for legislative action to remove the dukedom while Rachel Maskell, Independent MP, saw her Removal of Titles Bill killed without Commons debate time on Wednesday.
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Labour refuse to let MPs debate Prince Andrew as royal family 'wants focus elsewhere'
MPs will not be given time in the House of Commons to discuss Prince Andrew’s conduct because the royal family wants Parliament to focus on “important issues”, Downing Street said ...
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Government says Royal Family want MPs to focus on 'important issues' amid pressure on Prince Andrew
The Government has indicated it will not schedule parliamentary debate time for MPs to examine Prince Andrew's affairs, despite mounting calls for a formal discussion on his conduct
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