A Bill to make provision to amend the succession to the title of the Duke of Cornwall, to remove the presumption of “Crown Immunity” applying to the Duchy of Cornwall, to remove various exemptions and immunities from the Duchy of Cornwall, to confirm the right to Royal Mines within Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly vests in the Crown, to provide the right to Treasure Trove, bona vacantia and escheat within Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly lies with the Crown and to provide that any attorney or solicitor appointed in the affairs of the Duchy of Cornwall shall be called to the Bar or hold a practising certificate as appropriate.
The Bill was introduced by Lord Berkeley, read a first time and ordered to be printed.