The legal advice from Macdonald, a former director of public prosecutions, says the act does not give ministers latitude to miss the target deliberately, and that it admits of no exception and leaves no ambiguity. They claim they have a Commons majority if necessary to defeat the government and are demanding a vote before the Easter recess, which begins on 25 March. And if he is determined to pursue that aspect of his policy, I know my right honourable friend, he is a democrat  when will you bring it to the house for vote? Ouster clauses that prevent judicial review have rarely been accepted by the courts, the opinion states. We will need to bring forward legislation in due course, Rabb said.
The judicial advice from Macdonald, a former public prosecutor, states that the act does not give ministers island latitude to miss the target deliberately. And that it admits of no exception and leaves no ambiguity.
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