It seems to depend on the diocese. When my siblings, both baptized in the Anglican Church as set out in the Prayer Book, were received in to the RC Church, both were required to be baptized again, not conditional baptism but the whole nine yards.

Linda, Albany NY US,

I'd have thought confession and public penance would be Blair's starting place.

Opus Dei members could help with giving him the lash?

Richard Roe, Canterbury, Kent

Really? You do surprise me Reverend Peter Simpson. I was originally baptized into the Church of England, as a baby in 1944, by a relative who was a Church of England Rector and Very Reverend, up in Lancashire. When a parent eventually converted to Catholicism, the other one already was, I was baptized yet again in 1951, by the Dean of the local Catholic Church and took yet another Christian name to add to the 2 I already had, and 12 months later underwent Confirmation. However, I do not believe I was turning my back on any religion, because I am still a Christian, but at the time I was advised that a baptism was necessary. Perhaps things have changed?

Kenneth Armitage, Suffolk, England