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Member

Speaking in the House of Commons on 29 October 2025

Debate

Sentencing Bill

Contribution

That is delivered by section 7A of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, which gives direct effect to such provisions automatically as part of UK domestic law, and states that other UK legislation must be read and applied subject to these EU provisions. That is what has happened, and that is how the three pieces of legislation to which I have referred have been overruled in respect of people in Northern Ireland, in the parts where that legislation offended EU rights and legislation.

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