European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 Debate
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Baroness Meacher
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European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019
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Baroness Meacher (CB)
My Lords, returning to the question that the Opposition Front Bench asked—which was not answered—in the interests of transparency, can the Minister simply confirm that any communication to the European Union that in any way contradicted a request for an extension would be contrary to the spirit of the law?
Lord Callanan
I thank the noble Baroness for her question. I am not going to get into speculating on hypotheticals or what might happen under various scenarios, but we will always comply with the rule of law.