European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 Debate
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Lord Ashton of Hyde
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European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019
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Lord Ashton of Hyde (Con)
My Lords, there is plenty of time if noble Lords are brief. We will take Labour first.
Lord Browne of Ladyton
My Lords, this Government are rapidly getting an unenviable reputation for saying that they always respect the law but, when tested, are shown not to have respected the law. It is therefore reasonable, in these circumstances, and given the enormity of what faces us, that the Government tell us what they think the law presently is. This is not an unreasonable question; it is capable of being answered and it should be answered. It will only not be answered if the Government either do not know or intend not to respect the law.