All 1 Viscount Eccles contributions to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019

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Mon 8th Apr 2019
European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill
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Committee: 1st sitting (Hansard): House of Lords

European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill

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Committee: 1st sitting (Hansard): House of Lords
Monday 8th April 2019

(5 years, 2 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Of course it will be used by others. Lawyers use bad precedents constantly, but it does not mean that it has to be followed.

I did not intend to speak, for the reason I have given. This amendment will improve the Bill. That is the point of it. Beyond that, I do not wish to say any more, because it may indicate somehow that I am backing off from my concern about the Bill. So in lawyerly fashion I simply say that you have all heard the noble Lord, Lord Pannick. I agree with him. I have nothing to add.

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The noble and learned Lord tells us that it improves the Bill. Does it not change the Bill so materially that it is not the same Bill after all?

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No, it does not. We have to face the context, which is that the Commons has passed the Bill. So we are not having the first go at it; we are having a go at it after the Commons has resolved it.