§ Mr. Cash:To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to his answer of 8 December 2003, Official Report, column 245W, on the draft European Constitution, how his statement that Article I-10 (1) should be interpreted accordingly applies to interpretation by the United Kingdom courts in respect of any future enactment of the United Kingdom Parliament which UK courts had determined was unambiguously inconsistent with European Union law. [143765]
§ Mr. MacShane:The ultimate guarantee of parliamentary sovereignty lies in the power of Parliament to repeal all or any of the Acts which give effect to the EU treaties in this country. It is within Parliament's power to legislate contrary to the UK's treaty obligations. This of course includes legislation that might impact on the effective implementation of Article I-10 (1). The result of so doing, however, would be to place the UK in breach of its treaty obligations.