Amendment 5

Part of Trade Bill - Third Reading – in the House of Lords at 4:45 pm on 20 March 2019.

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Photo of Baroness Neville-Rolfe Baroness Neville-Rolfe Conservative 4:45, 20 March 2019

As far as I am concerned, the train has left the station. Obviously, I come from a business background and there are ambiguities in legislation. I have had experience of Pepper v Hart being quite useful in cases where it has not been clear, in a technical regulation, what is needed. What my noble and learned friend has said suggests that it still sits there so that you can look at what was originally said by, for example, a Minister taking a Bill through, helping the courts to clarify what is being said. I hope that the huge constitutional change that we are presiding over today does not take that away completely because, if so, we are passing something for a wider area than the Trade Bill without having looked at all the ramifications.