I am cautious about contradicting my hon. Friend the Member for North East Somerset (Jacob Rees-Mogg), but if we inserted the provision ““notwithstanding the European Communities Act 1972””, there would be nothing illegal about the clause whatsoever, and would not the courts be obliged to give effect to it?
Sustainable Livestock Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Mark Reckless
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 12 November 2010.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Sustainable Livestock Bill.
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