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Proceeding contribution from Peter Grant (Scottish National Party) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 26 January 2017. It occurred during Debate on Business of the House.

I concur with my hon. Friend’s comments. It is in extremely bad taste for anyone to bad-mouth the motivation of someone who has just won a court case. Someone who has won a case in the High Court and the Supreme Court was by definition right to bring it. The treatment that Gina Miller got after the High Court case was utterly shameful and I hope that there will be no repetition of it.

To come back to the matter in hand, I would like the Government to explain why they have taken this unusual procedural step today. Why is the Bill, possibly the shortest Bill we will consider during the Session, expected to attract so many amendments that the Clerks need extra time to collect them all?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
620 cc546-7 
Session
2016-17
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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