Submission - Royal Assent [2023-05]
Dublin Core
Title
Submission - Royal Assent [2023-05]
Subject
Parliament
Legislation
Description
Alex Chalk's formal request that King Charles III sign a Commission for giving Royal Assent to a Bill.
Creator
Alex Chalk (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice)
Source
FOI request
Date
Contributor
Jason Loch
Relation
Ministerial Submission Item Type Metadata
Transcript
Page 1
(Sgd.) Alex Chalk
House of Commons,
Page 2
(Sgd.) Appd
CR
(Sgd.) Alex Chalk
House of Commons,
Page 2
Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023
Signatures
Alex Chalk (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice)
Ornamentation
Printed in Times New Roman. Schedule is in a san-serif font.
Special Features
This instrument using the gender-neutral pronoun "they" instead of a gendered pronoun when referring to the Lord Chancellor.
This submission refers to a "Commission" even though, strictly speaking, that term only applies when the Monarch empowers a group of Privy Counsellors to declare Royal Assent on their behalf in the House of Lords.
At one time, these submissions included a definite article before "Royal Assent" (e.g., this example from 1919), but it must have been dropped at some point since it no longer appears in modern versions.
The words "House of Commons" appear below Chalk's signature instead of the more common "Lord Chancellor."
This submission refers to a "Commission" even though, strictly speaking, that term only applies when the Monarch empowers a group of Privy Counsellors to declare Royal Assent on their behalf in the House of Lords.
At one time, these submissions included a definite article before "Royal Assent" (e.g., this example from 1919), but it must have been dropped at some point since it no longer appears in modern versions.
The words "House of Commons" appear below Chalk's signature instead of the more common "Lord Chancellor."
Files
Citation
Alex Chalk (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice), “Submission - Royal Assent [2023-05],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/633.