Debates between Geoffrey Cox and Robert Buckland during the 2017-2019 Parliament

Tue 21st Nov 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
Commons Chamber

Committee: 3rd sitting: House of Commons

European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

Debate between Geoffrey Cox and Robert Buckland
Robert Buckland Portrait The Solicitor General
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As the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, my hon. Friend the Member for Esher and Walton (Dominic Raab) has mentioned, the Government will, on 5 December, publish their full analysis of the sources of the rights that we have been talking about. I remind my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Rushcliffe (Mr Clarke) that the underlying principles of EU law from which the charter has been developed will be part of the body of law that we bring down to the UK, and will be able to be relied upon.

Geoffrey Cox Portrait Mr Cox
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Is not the answer to my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Rushcliffe (Mr Clarke) that the rights might not be replicated in our existing law but the protections will be? The fact that a general statement of a right is not replicated verbatim in our law does not mean that those rights are not otherwise protected adequately and fully by our laws.

Robert Buckland Portrait The Solicitor General
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I am grateful to my hon. and learned Friend, but I feel as though I am about to become a proxy in a debate between him and my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Rushcliffe, so I will now develop my point.