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Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill

My hon. Friend's point about the courts is an important one. As I understand it—I am not a learned gentleman—the courts look at Parliament's intent when an Act is brought into being, but we do not know what Parliament's intent is because it is not built into the Bill. How, then, will the courts be able to judge it, when we do not know the Government's exact intentions?

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Reference

498 c788 

Session

2008-09

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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