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Proceeding contribution from Lord Elystan-Morgan (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 5 March 2008. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill.


Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

The noble Lord will accept that I referred both to the statute and to common law as it stood. The point that I sought to make, which I may not have made succinctly, is that where you have a law that is seldom used but broken daily on thousands of occasions, and a blind eye is turned to that, you are corrupting the sovereignty of that law and it is better to remove it.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
699 c1135 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Data protection Criminal proceedings Administration of justice Crimes of violence Defamation Blasphemy Debt collection Personal records Privacy Young offenders Christianity Self-defence
Legislation
Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill 2006-07 to 2007-08
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk