European Union Bill

The right hon. Lady really does not know what she is talking about. Let me refer her to the Law Lords' judgment in the case of Jackson v. Attorney-General, in which Lord Steyn said:"““The judges created this principle””—" that is, the principle of parliamentary sovereignty."““If that is so, it is not unthinkable that circumstances could arise where the courts may have to qualify a principle established on a different hypothesis of constitutionalism.””" Lord Hope said:"““Parliamentary sovereignty is no longer, if it ever was, absolute…Step by step, gradually but surely, the English principle of the absolute legislative sovereignty of Parliament which Dicey derived from Coke and Blackstone is being qualified.””" There are therefore two Law Lords speculating about the future of parliamentary sovereignty. The right hon. Lady had better do some homework.