"Clause 47 is [...] a very substantial interference with the rule of law."
"This government now seeks the power, an unprecedented power, to make regulations that are not subject to judicial controls..."
Lord Pannick @UKHouseofLords #UKIMBill (1)
9 November 2020
"This government now seeks the power, an unprecedented power, to make regulations that are not subject to judicial controls..."
Lord Pannick @UKHouseofLords #UKIMBill (1)
9 November 2020
"For ministers to arrogate to themselves such a power, free from judicial control, does set an appalling example to future governments and of course to governments abroad."
"...It would be an unacceptable breach of the rule of law."
Lord Pannick #UKIMBill (2)
9 November 2020
"...It would be an unacceptable breach of the rule of law."
Lord Pannick #UKIMBill (2)
9 November 2020
"The government is seeking to resile... from a treaty which IT entered into..."
"It is extraordinary that the government brings forward these provisions without identifying with precision and with evidence what the alleged conflict now is."
Lord Pannick #UKIMBill (3) (ENDS)
"It is extraordinary that the government brings forward these provisions without identifying with precision and with evidence what the alleged conflict now is."
Lord Pannick #UKIMBill (3) (ENDS)
Massive defeat 👊 for the government so far on the prime minister’s plan to breach international law: peers voted 433 to 165 to remove measures that seek to “disapply” parts of the Northern Ireland protocol. 👍👍👍
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