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Debate between Mike Wood and Geoffrey Cox
Thursday 4th July 2019

(4 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Geoffrey Cox Portrait The Attorney General
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That question will be reviewed at the time. The circumstances of any application for Prorogation are a matter not for me but for the Prime Minister and Her Majesty.

Mike Wood Portrait Mike Wood (Dudley South) (Con)
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Will the Attorney General confirm that, with or without a deal, British citizens will still be able to assert their fundamental rights through the British courts after Britain has left the European Union?

Geoffrey Cox Portrait The Attorney General
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Of course, the United Kingdom, in all its jurisdictions, has one of the strongest records for the rule of law in the world. I have no doubt that that will continue.

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