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A series in which current and controversial issues are put on trial before Dick Taverne , Qc, and an audience of jurors in Broadcasting House, London. Today's proposition:
The Act of Settlement of 1701 should be Repeated (the Act says that the Heir to the' Throne may not marry a Roman Catholic)
It is proposed by Ronald Butt , Assistant Editor of the Sunday Times and opposed by Professor John Kenyon , Professor of History, University of Hull
Each advocate will call his witnesses, cross-question his opponent's, and argue his case. The jury will vote at the beginning and end of the trial, so that any swing of opinion may be measured and a verdict reached.
Producer DAVID ANTHONY TURNER