That is fair enough; it was a slightly gratuitous point. I actually agree with the noble Baroness—we want the law to be as clear and accessible as possible. That is why we do not believe that the general principles of EU law, which of course were developed by the CJEU for use primarily by EU institutions and member states, should be relevant to the UK now that we are an independent nation, whatever our differences of opinion might have been on that.
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.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
828 c495 
Session
2022-23
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Librarians' tools
Timestamp
2023-03-09 13:17:39 +0000
URI
http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Lords/2023-03-02/23030260000023
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Lords/2023-03-02/23030260000023
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Lords/2023-03-02/23030260000023