Lord Tebbit – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Tebbit on 2016-07-06.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bridges of Headley on 27 June (HL657), whether the special status” enjoyed by the Sovereign is granted by EU law.”

Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen

The European Court of Justice has held that EU law must be interpreted in the light of the relevant rules of international law and that, as such, under EU law Heads of State enjoy a special status (different from that of all other Union citizens).