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

Part of European Union (Withdrawal) Bill – in the House of Commons at 1:30 pm on 16 January 2018.

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Photo of Chris Leslie Chris Leslie Labour/Co-operative, Nottingham East 1:30, 16 January 2018

That is right, and my hon. Friend will also remember that, before becoming Secretary of State, Mr Davis cited many of the rights in the charter in his own legal case against the then Home Secretary, who is now the Prime Minister. The right hon. Gentleman took a case against her and cited many of the provisions in the charter; how strange it is that he now introduces a Bill that does not necessarily carry forward those provisions.