Is there an issue of accountability here? If the judgment is wrong, would it not be extremely regrettable for the Speaker to be dragged into the court of public opinion as someone who got that judgment wrong, as opposed to the Executive or the Prime Minister who could properly be hauled through the courts?
Investigatory Powers Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Alex Chalk
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 6 June 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Investigatory Powers Bill.
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Session
2016-17
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