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Fixed-term Parliaments Bill

The hon. Gentleman is relentlessly hunting out the provisions that will be referred to shortly. The problem with the Parliament Act 1911 is that the phrase"““shall not be questioned in any court of law””" follows the words stating that the certificate"““shall be conclusive for all purposes””." When the courts come to interpret these questions, they will say, ““ Well, that's what it says in the Parliament Act.”” So if the words were left out, there may have been an intention to include the courts of law in this instance. That is why my amendment 6 makes it absolutely clear that there shall be no presentation of such a certificate to the courts, let alone any possibility of their adjudicating on such matters.