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?
Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill
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Mike Penning
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 3 November 2009.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill.
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