It has been revealed today in parliament that David Davis once tried to get a bill through the house which was called The Parliamentary Control of the Executive Act 1999 (HERE).
The purpose was as follows:
The following powers of Ministers of the Crown, relating to or entailing the use of the Crown prerogative, shall not be exercised on any occasion unless the assent of the House of Commons has first been obtained in accordance with section 2-
And it goes on to list virtually every possible occasion when the royal prerogative might be used. It was never enacted but Mr Davis, asked about it in parliament this afternoon, refused to give any answer about whether or not he still supported it. He seemed to suggest it was only to be used to stop the PM going to war but it is clear in 1999 he had a much wider reach in mind. Nowadays he is in favour of using the same royal prerogative that he was so peeved about in 1999.
What a hypocrite.
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