The hon. Gentleman has put his finger on what concerns me. At present we have a rule called parliamentary privilege, to which there are certain exceptions. We are in danger of moving slowly towards a rule—the supremacy of the courts—with certain exceptions based on parliamentary privilege. There is a very strong difference between those two concepts.
Parliamentary Standards Bill
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Edward Leigh
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 1 July 2009.
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