March 14, 1984
Hon. Lloyd Francis
Obtaining Royal Consent
The granting of a pardon is a prerogative of the Crown and therefore requires Royal Consent. Erskine May's Twentieth Edition states that proceeding without this consent "would be courting waste of...
A Speaker's ruling clarifies that bills affecting the Crown's prerogative, such as granting pardons, require Royal Consent to be signified, typically at second reading.