Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Helen Grant and Penny Mordaunt

Thursday 25th April 2019 Commons Chamber

[Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald) (Con)]

In light of recent objection to the Hereditary Titles (Female Succession) Bill of my hon. Friend the Member for Shipley (Philip Davies) that would address the discrimination against daughters when it comes to inheritance, when do the Government intend to end the practice of male primogeniture?

[Penny Mordaunt]

The Daughters’ Rights campaign was started after one new mum was told that her new arrival being a girl must have been a disappointment to her. This matter and the issue of courtesy titles are complex matters, but we do need to look at them in this modern age. My Department is working on that, and I welcome the Daughters’ Rights campaign.