John Hemming
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(12 years, 11 months ago)
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The Attorney-General
Scotland enjoys and has always enjoyed a separate legal system. It follows that orders made by the courts of England and Wales, generally speaking, do not have application there, although there are at times some exceptions.
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley) (LD)
With about 75,000 people having named Ryan Giggs on Twitter, it is obviously impracticable to imprison them all, and with reports that Giles Coren also faces imprisonment—
Mr Speaker
Order. Let me just say to the hon. Gentleman—although I know that he has already done it—that occasions such as this are for raising the issues of principle involved, not for seeking to flout orders for whatever purpose. If the hon. Gentleman wants to finish his question in an orderly way, he may do so.
John Hemming
The question is, what is the Government’s view on the enforceability of a law that clearly does not have public consent?
The Attorney-General
It is our duty as parliamentarians to uphold the rule of law.