Bill to be put through the British Parliament that will allow the British Royal Family to marry a Roman Catholic
The law that forces the daughter of a monarch to make way for her younger brother will be abolished, it has been revealed.
Ministers are expected to use new equality legislation to guarantee women's succession rights, superseding the provisions in the 1701 Act of Settlement.
Ms Baird also wants to repeal the law banning the heir to the throne from marrying a Catholic.
"The ban on Catholics should be abolished, too, because that is discriminatory," she added.