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However, that aside, what really got my goat, so to speak, is this cultural cringe—this genuflection to the concept of international law. We have to state it once more: there is no such thing in this country as international law. We have a dualist regime where we decide which obligations we accept in this sovereign Parliament in our country. The idea that, because a foreign legal entity has decided something, it affects every one of our citizens is nonsense. It is for this Parliament, elected by the people, at the other end of this building, and us, to make those decisions. So I cannot agree with the noble Lord. He prayed in aid international law throughout his very comprehensive and well-argued remarks, but I fundamentally disagree with him.