European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill
Debate between Lord Forsyth of Drumlean and Lord Howard of Rising
Committee: 1st sitting (Hansard): House of Lords
Monday 8th April 2019
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Monday 8th April 2019
(5 years, 2 months ago)
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Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
As the noble Lord will have discovered, we have a procedure which last Thursday was used on five occasions in order to bring the matter to a close.
Lord Howard of Rising (Con)
My Lords, it is worth reminding the Committee that the first steps to dictatorship have, through the centuries, consistently been related to abandoning procedures and precedents which are put in place in order to ensure that legislation is properly considered. I am not saying that we are going as far as the Enabling Act, but this is a very dangerous path.