Part of Clause 1 – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 19 April 1972.
My right hon. Friend said, finally, that this is not a constitutional change because
The sovereignty of Parliament depends on the fact that no one law has a higher rank than another. It is that alone that gives to an incoming Parliament total sovereignty over the country's affairs".—[OFFICIAL REPORT, 18th April, 1972; Vol. 835, c. 377.]