Member

He laid down a clear procedure to follow: namely, the rule of law. The rule of law has a range of values which the Attorney outlined in that speech. They are all to do with the cardinal principles of accessibility and legal certainty. I am not going to repeat the words of the Attorney because they are already on the record in this debate, but I recognise that Governments tend to prefer a system where they can lay down in primary legislation that they can do what they like in secondary legislation, even to the extent of repealing primary legislation. In many ways, we have to say to ourselves, “Is this the way we want to proceed?”