I am slightly perturbed by what the right hon. Gentleman has said. These are not decisions that my right hon. Friend the Justice Secretary has said the Government would take—he was talking about decisions that Parliament would take. What is essential in a democratic system is that the will of the people exercised through Parliament is sovereign, not judges who have been elected by nobody.
Criminal Justice and Courts Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Philip Davies
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 24 February 2014.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Criminal Justice and Courts Bill.
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