I thought that it was for Parliament to make the laws and for the judiciary to judge on them. In this instance, the judge said that what the Secretary of State did in coming to his decision was illegal and so he quashed it.
Local Government Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Earl Cathcart
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 14 July 2010.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Local Government Bill [HL].
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2010-12
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