Ex-lord chief justice: UK parliament must scrutinise Covid rules
by Owen Bowcott, Legal affairs correspondent from Science | The Guardian on (#58MC2)
Exclusive: Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd joins senior legal figures in calling for MPs to examine emergency legislation
Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, the former lord chief justice of England and Wales, has called for greater parliamentary scrutiny of the government's emergency coronavirus legislation because vital freedoms are being curtailed".
His comments follow a lament by Lady Hale, the last president of the supreme court, that parliament surrendered" control of its constitutional role subjecting legislation to effective scrutiny at the start of lockdown. She described the regulations as draconian" and said it was not surprising the police were as confused as the public as to what was law and what was not".
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