Today, British judges in the highest court in the land decided a point of historic constitutional importance that is unprecedented in law. It was right to seek the judgment of the Supreme Court to enable them to “discover” the law, as we lawyers euphemistically call it. Crucially, the Supreme Court recognised the limits of its constitutional powers when it left the form of that legislation to this Parliament. Is this not our constitution thriving in action, and does it not bode well for the future?
Article 50
Proceeding contribution from
Victoria Atkins
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 24 January 2017.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Article 50.
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