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Criminal Justice and Courts Bill

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.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
576 c66 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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