The Law Derived from the European Union (Wales) Bill

Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General – in the Senedd at 2:33 pm on 2 May 2018.

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Photo of David Rees David Rees Labour 2:33, 2 May 2018

I thank you for that answer, Counsel General. Obviously, since I submitted the question, things have moved on a little bit, and as a consequence you've indicated the action that has been taken. However, there was a precedent perhaps set here; the intent was clearly to take this Bill to the Supreme Court if those amendments had not been agreed. As a consequence, we may end up, and have ended up, in a situation where we were in the Supreme Court for our Bill, while the UK Government's EU Bill was going through. What would be the legal position in relation to us being held within the Supreme Court while the UK Bills were passed, therefore had Royal Assent, but we were still waiting for the outcome of the Supreme Court decision before we could go for Royal Assent?