...privileges of parliament is expressed in these words : " That the freedom of speech, or debates, and proceedings in parliament, ought not to be impeached...questioned in any court or place out of parliament ; " and within this general declaration all the privileges — freedom of debate, the examination of...

...section 2 chap. 2, as one of the liberties of the people, " that the freedom of speech, and debates, and proceedings in parliament, ought not to be impeached...questioned in any court or place out of parliament."- And this freedom of speech is particularly demanded of the king in person, by the speaker in the house...

...Edward III, says Elsynge, the Commons "did oftentimes discuss and debate amongst 22 See Chapter 6. 28 "That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings...questioned in any court or place out of parliament." themselves many things concerning the king's prerogative and agreed upon petitions for laws to be made...

...of course, the executive power could have • 36 According to Art. 9 of the Bill of Rights of 1689, "the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings...questioned in any court or place out of Parliament." Freedom of speech is restricted to parliament under the Danish, Irish, Japanese, and Dutch constitutions....

...Article 9 of the Bill of Rights 1689, which applies to both Houses of Parliament. This provides that "freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in...questioned in any court or place out of Parliament". As Sir Elwyn Jones, later Lord Elwyn Jones, told a House of Commons Select Committee in 1971: "[i]t...

...Bill of Rights 1689, which is a part of the law of all Australian jurisdictions.63 Article 9 provides that: [T]he freedom of speech and debates or proceedings...questioned in any court or place out of Parliament. Evidence of proceedings in a parliament, if sought to be adduced to impeach the proceedings to remove...

...entirely within the keeping of the courts. This is true even of Article 9 of the Bill of Rights 1688: '...the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings...questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.' In Pepper v Hart (1993) Lord Browne- Wilkinson offered a construction of Article 9 en route to his...

...NSWLR 132 at 155. 17 Ibid., per Barton in argument at 149. 18 1 Will, and Mary, sess. 2, c. 2 (1 688). "That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings...questioned in any court or place out of parliament". Like Magna Carta and habeas corpus, the Bill of Rights of 1688 has been part of the law of New South...

...VIII elections of Members of Parliament ought to be free; Article IX freedom of speech and debates in proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached...questioned in any court or place out of parliament; Article X excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual...

...likely objection to judicial review rests on Art. 9 of the Bill nf Rights 1689 (Eng) which provides thai '[t]he freedom of speech and debates or proceedings...questioned in any court or place out of Parliament'. Read literally, these provisions could prevent a court from considering the effectiveness of any 'proceeding...