Withdrawal Agreement: Attorney General’s legal opinion on the Joint Instrument and Unilateral Declaration Debate

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Withdrawal Agreement: Attorney General’s legal opinion on the Joint Instrument and Unilateral Declaration

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Northern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) (No. 2) Bill
Tuesday 12th March 2019

(6 years, 7 months ago)

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Lord Davies of Stamford Portrait Lord Davies of Stamford (Lab)
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Just to deal with “egregious” first, surely the word derives from the Latin “e grege”—

Baroness Goldie Portrait Baroness Goldie (Con)
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Order. May the Minister respond?

Lord Keen of Elie Portrait Lord Keen of Elie
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I will welcome the noble Lord’s comments. His reference to Latin will no doubt enhance this debate. However, for the moment, I entirely concur with the observations of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay of Clashfern. It would be foolish in the extreme to make an important—indeed, significant—political decision on the basis of a risk that can genuinely be regarded as negligible.

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