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Parliamentary Standards Bill

The hon. Gentleman has put his finger on what concerns me. At present we have a rule called parliamentary privilege, to which there are certain exceptions. We are in danger of moving slowly towards a rule—the supremacy of the courts—with certain exceptions based on parliamentary privilege. There is a very strong difference between those two concepts.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
495 c351-2 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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