I understand the hon. Gentleman's argument, but does he not agree that the European Court of Justice has been saying for decades that it believes it has been creating a new legal order—I cite the Van Gend en Loos judgment of 1963—and we entered into that through the European Communities Act 1972? Therefore, we have already impinged to some degree on our parliamentary sovereignty.
European Union Bill
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Chris Heaton-Harris
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 11 January 2011.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on European Union Bill.
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