I am following the exact words used by Lord Denning, who said: "““If the time should come when our Parliament deliberately passes an Act with the intention of repudiating the Treaty or any provision in it or intentionally of acting inconsistently with it, and says so in express terms, then I should have thought it would be the duty of our courts to follow the statute of our Parliament””."
In other words, if we were to state in absolutely explicit terms that it was our intention to legislate, knowing full well that it was inconsistent with the 1972 Act, the courts would accept that and would not attempt to say that the Act of Parliament in question was of no effect. I am sure that is exactly what Lord Denning said. There is no doubt; I have quoted the words twice.
European Union (Amendment) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Waddington
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 14 May 2008.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on European Union (Amendment) Bill.
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