Clause 18 — Status of EU law dependent on continuing statutory basis

Part of european union bill (programme) (No. 3) – in the House of Commons at 8:15 pm on 11 July 2011.

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Photo of David Lidington David Lidington The Minister for Europe 8:15, 11 July 2011

Judges will of course look first at statute but it is also the case, following the Pepper v. Hart judgment, that if the courts are in any way uncertain about the meaning of a piece of legislation, they can look at what the Minister of the day said on behalf of the Government, as recorded in Hansard, as an aid to interpretation.