I am very grateful to the noble Lord for the point he makes. However, getting hung up on an entirely different precedent from 1948 and suggesting that it might be in some way determinative of the position which we are now asked to contemplate is, I would suggest, too ludicrous to bear.
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Anderson of Ipswich
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 15 July 2019.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill.
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2017-19
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