Loading AI tools
United Kingdom legislation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Commonwealth of Britain Bill was a bill first introduced in the House of Commons in 1991 by Tony Benn,[1] then a Labour Member of Parliament (MP). It was seconded by the future Leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn.
Act of Parliament | |
Introduced by | Tony Benn (Commons) |
---|---|
Status: Not passed |
The Bill proposed abolishing the British monarchy, with the United Kingdom becoming a "democratic, federal and secular Commonwealth of Britain", or in effect a republic with a codified constitution. It was introduced by Benn a number of times until Benn's retirement in 2001, but never achieved a second reading. Under the Bill:
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.