Brendan Ryan (Labour)

This has been an interesting use of our time. By definition, all law can throw up anomalies. One only needs to recall recent events. When the Supreme Court ruled that Mr. A would be returned to prison, it declared that it would publish its reasons the following Thursday, but we are still waiting. That shows how complicated law is as the eminent judges of the Supreme Court are trying to find a consistent position on how a man could be locked up again, having being convicted of an offence on unconstitutional grounds. Their lordships will have to choose their words very carefully.