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Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 30 September (HL8064), whether they plan to provide guidance to the courts on how to handle cases where a defendant cites the United Kingdom Internal Market Act as a precedent for breaking the law in a specific and limited way which should be acquitted without penalty.  HL8725

Question HL8725: tabled on 5 October 2020 and due for answer by 19 October 2020

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Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 30 September (HL8064), whether they plan to provide guidance to the courts on how to handle cases where a defendant cites the United Kingdom Internal Market Act as a precedent for breaking the law in a specific and limited way which should be acquitted without penalty.  HL8725
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Monday 19 October 2020

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Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Liberal Democrat
Life peer