Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Geoffrey Cox and Jack Brereton

Thursday 13th December 2018 Commons Chamber

[The Attorney General]

As the hon. and learned Lady knows, the Government’s position throughout was that the case involved a hypothetical question. It does raise an important matter of constitutional principle as to whether courts should be able to be seized of issues under live debate in Parliament, when Parliament does not ask for an opinion, simply in order to inform debate. The Government took the view that the matter was hypothetical—we still do—but the truth of the matter is that the ECJ has ruled and we are where we are.

[Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South) (Con)]

5. What support he is providing to the (a) Crown Prosecution Service and (b) Serious Fraud Office to tackle economic crime.