Will the Secretary of State confirm that part 4 of the Bill wraps up the discussions and exchanges that we had about a year ago on whether or not treaty can prevail against statute—in other words, that treaty cannot prevail against statute? Secondly, why did he say in his statement, ““If this House were then to vote against the ratification of a treaty, the Government could not proceed to ratify it””? Does that exclude the House of Lords? Of course, I am not thinking of any particular treaty.
Constitutional Renewal
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William Cash
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 25 March 2008.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Constitutional Renewal.
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