Judges will of course look first at statute but it is also the case, following the Pepper v. Hart judgment, that if the courts are in any way uncertain about the meaning of a piece of legislation, they can look at what the Minister of the day said on behalf of the Government, as recorded in Hansard, as an aid to interpretation.
European Union Bill
Proceeding contribution from
David Lidington
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 11 July 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on European Union Bill.
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