§ Lord Lester of Herne Hillasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether, in preparing legislative proposals to introduce into Parliament, they operate on the basis that the legislative powers of Parliament are, as a matter of British constitutional law, unlimited powers. [HL1953]
§ The Attorney-General (Lord Goldsmith)The Government consider that it is a fundamental principle of British constitutional law that the competence of Parliament to legislate on any matter is unlimited.
§ Lord Lester of Herne Hillasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is their understanding of the legal sources from which the legislative powers of Parliament are derived; and what are those sources. [HL1954]
§ Lord GoldsmithThe source of the legislative powers is the common law.