Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth) (Lab/Co-op):...The
other fundamental issue at stake is international law and the rule
of law. I commend what the former Attorney General, the right hon.
and learned Member for Kenilworth and Southam (Jeremy Wright),
said. Clauses 42, 43 and 45 are, in his words, not a clarification,
but a contradiction, not only of our commitment to international
law, but of the very principle of the rule of law, for which
Britain has stood as a beacon for many...Request free trial
(Cardiff
South and Penarth) (Lab/Co-op):...The other fundamental issue at
stake is international law and the rule of law. I commend what the
former Attorney General, the right hon. and learned Member for
Kenilworth and Southam (), said. Clauses
42, 43 and 45 are, in his words, not a clarification, but a
contradiction, not only of our commitment to international law, but
of the very principle of the rule of law, for which Britain has
stood as a beacon for many centuries. That saw us being
instrumental in the founding of the United Nations, which has its
75th anniversary this year. The first General Assembly took place
across the square from here. We stood for the rule of law in the
establishment of the global human rights regime, the International
Criminal Court and a rules-based financial and trading system, let
alone the defence of our own interests from the Falklands to Gibraltar. We ask Iran to
abide by its nuclear commitments, the Communist party of China to
adhere to the Sino-British joint declaration and Russia to respect
the territorial integrity of Ukraine or take responsibility for
poisoning its citizens or using chemical weapons on the soil of
this country, or when we rightly support the prosecution of those
who committed genocide in Bosnia, Rwanda and now in the case of the
Rohingya or the Uyghurs...
(Bristol
South) (Lab):...I take a lot of interest in the constitutional
settlement across these islands. I am vice-chair of the
British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly, and I have visited many of
those legislatures: in Edinburgh; Cardiff; Belfast; Dublin; Jersey;
Guernsey; Sark and the Falklands. Those
places reflect their history as part of the United
Kingdom family. They take great pride in it and in what we do, and
they are watching...
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