Could I suggest to the noble Lord, before he sits down, that the real question is not whether the Ministers on the Front Bench would be happy to exercise these powers, but whether they would be happy for their opponents, were they to be in office, to exercise these powers.
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Pannick
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 2 November 2022.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Northern Ireland Protocol Bill.
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Reference
825 c255
Session
2022-23
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2023-01-12 12:06:55 +0000
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