I think the noble Lord, Lord Deben, and I had a political difference on that point. He seems to think that secondary legislation is somehow undemocratic. If those making this complaint were to look back through Hansard to see whether they made the same complaint about the way that the law was introduced into UK law in the first place, I would have a little more sympathy with their argument. This is an essentially political disagreement about which is the most appropriate way to proceed. The Government have been elected with a big majority. One of the backbones of our programme was to get Brexit done.
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Callanan
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 2 March 2023.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.
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Proceeding contribution
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Session
2022-23
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Subjects
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2023-03-09 13:17:22 +0000
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