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  • The constitutional status of the Crown would be ended;

  • The Church Of England would be disestablished;

  • The Head Of State would be the President, elected by a joint sitting of both Houses of the Commonwealth Parliament;

  • Many functions of the Royal Prerogative would not be transferred to the President, but instead to Parliament

  • The Privy Council would be abolished, and replaced by a Council of State;

  • The House Of Lords would be replaced by an elected House of the People, with equal representation of men and women;

  • The House of Commons would similarly have equal representation of men and women;

  • England , Scotland and Wales would have their own National Parliaments;

  • County Court judges and Magistrate s would be elected; and

  • British jurisdiction over Northern Ireland would be ended.