From SpyBlog I see that the government is trying to pass its ‘abolition of parliament’ act again.
Given this allows a minister to alter any Act of Parliament without any debate.
Surely this is equivalent to the Enabling Act? It allows a minister to change any piece of legislation, a power which could be used to modify legislation to give the power to enact legislation without it passing through Parliament. It could even be used to remove the need for Royal Assent.
Whilst I doubt that the current government wishes to use the powers quite like that (preferring to alter things like detention without trial and the National Identity Database no doubt), such powers should never exists in anything close to a liberal constitution.
