As ever, I am considering what my right hon. and learned Friend is saying with enormous care. Much of it has enormous force and makes a great deal of sense. However, if his objective in amendment 2, which inserts proportionality and reasonable tests, is to avoid resort to the courts, I should point out that the insertion of a clause of that kind is more likely to encourage resort to the courts than to deter it.
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
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Geoffrey Cox
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 12 December 2017.
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