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European Union Bill

I accept that. That complexity does exist, and part of the difficulty with the whole issue of human rights, whether in relation to accession, the charter or the jurisdiction of the Courts, is shown in the comments of the Lord Chief Justice in his Judicial Studies Board lecture. He said to the entire judiciary, ““Brothers and sisters””, referring to the other judges—[Interruption.] Well, that is their language. He said, ““Brother and sister judges, will you please take note that our first obligation is to have regard to the manner in which we come to our decisions in the light of common law precedent?”” He warned them against adopting Strasbourg's precedents as a means of arriving at decisions in our own courts. He actually used the words, ““We must beware””. I therefore entirely agree with the hon. Lady and with my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham, and with the views expressed in the European Scrutiny Committee's report that has come out only this afternoon.