Proceeding contribution from Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 14 October 2008. It occurred during Debates on delegated legislation on European Parliament (House of Lords Disqualification) Regulations 2008.
European Parliament (House of Lords Disqualification) Regulations 2008
My Lords, is not the point in answer to the noble Lord, Lord Kingsland, that a constitutional convention is not a law because it is neither a common law decision binding nor is it a written rule in a statute? It therefore does not satisfy legal certainty and would not be regarded by a European lawyer as being law in the sense in which European law understands it, however much constitutional conventions are understood in our own system.
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- Elections House of Lords Eligibility Disqualification EU law Hereditary peers European Parliament Exemptions European Parliament members Peers Life peers
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