Miscellaneous - Note for the File Regarding Royal Approbation of the Speaker-Elect of the House of Commons [1983-05]
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Title
Miscellaneous - Note for the File Regarding Royal Approbation of the Speaker-Elect of the House of Commons [1983-05]
Subject
Speaker of the House of Commons
House of Lords
Description
Note for the file regarding the procedure for Royal Approbation of the Speaker-Elect of the House of Commons.
Creator
Crown Office
Source
LCO 6/4383
Date
1983-05
Contributor
Jason Loch
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Transcript
Note for file
- If a new Lord Chancellor is appointed in June 1983 before the new Parliament meets it will be necessary for him (or the current occupier) to sign a Submission letter leading to the issue of the Commission to open Parliament. [someone has drawn an I-shaped line through the middle of this paragraph]
- Following precedent it looks as though the Lord Chancellor’s Submission and Commission for the new Speaker will need to be despatched to the Palace on the afternoon/evening of Wednesday 15th June in order that it may be signed by The Queen and returned ready for use in the House of Lords on Thursday 16th The Lord Chancellor’s submission should NOT arrive at the Palace before the Prime Minister’s Submission. ✔ They were submitted together
- If there is to be a change of Lord Chancellor [^There was no change] the Submission letter will, of course, need to be signed by the new Lord Chancellor.
No. 10 returned the Commission
& the LC's Submission
today. Pat (?) 16.6.83
Crown Office,
May 1983.
C. O. 80/30 (new Parliament)
C. O. 118/8 (new Speakers)
Ornamentation
Document is typewritten with handwritten annotations in red.
Special Features
This document discusses the procedural aspects of Royal Approbation with an emphasis on practicalities. Someone went through and annotated it to explain how things unfolded in practice.
It is interesting that both the Prime Minister and the Lord Chancellor had to make submissions to Queen Elizabeth II. It is not clear why two separate submissions were deemed necessary. Although the Prime Minister's was expected to precede the Lord Chancellor's, in this case they were submitted together.
It is interesting that both the Prime Minister and the Lord Chancellor had to make submissions to Queen Elizabeth II. It is not clear why two separate submissions were deemed necessary. Although the Prime Minister's was expected to precede the Lord Chancellor's, in this case they were submitted together.
Files
Citation
Crown Office, “Miscellaneous - Note for the File Regarding Royal Approbation of the Speaker-Elect of the House of Commons [1983-05],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/462.