Legislative History - United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Prior to 1993 looking into the Parliamentary records to aid interpretation would have been perceived as a breach of Parliamentary privilege; however the House of Lords ruled in Pepper v Hart AC 593 that it could do so in specific circumstances.

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