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The UK’s Justice and Home Affairs Opt-outs

As my right hon. Friend knows—she has said this already—there are concerns that our laws are being made elsewhere in this context. She then says that in fact we will keep control over our laws. That is precisely not what is happening because, as she knows from the statement she made earlier today, through section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972, the European Court of Justice overrides not only this Parliament voluntarily, but also our Supreme Court.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
584 c490 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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