Saving for rights etc. under section 2(1) of the ECA

Part of European Union (Withdrawal) Bill – in the House of Commons at 1:00 pm on 16 January 2018.

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Photo of Anne Main Anne Main Conservative, St Albans 1:00, 16 January 2018

My right hon. and learned Friend says that he does not wish to divide the House. However, if he had tabled an amendment and divided the House, and then that vote had been lost, it would have sent a powerful message to their lordships not to mess with the Bill and that the will of the House had been firmly expressed. There would have been an advantage in his position, if he had maintained it.