William Hague promises UK sovereignty law

United Kingdom Foreign Secretary William Hague promised a sovereignty clause would be included in an EU bill to be introduced into the UK Parliament in 2010, in a speech to the Conservative Party Conference, 6 October 2010.

The Bill would make clear that EU directives take effect in the UK only by the will of Parliament, which can be withdrawn.

The Conservative Part argues that it would simply put Britain on a par with other EU states like Germany and that Britain, with no written constitution, currently has no explicit legal guarantee that the last word on British laws stays in Britain.

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