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The legal doctrine of the legislative supremacy of parliament had been discussed by many constitutional writers including AV Dicey a notably constitutional writer. Leading from his work there are 3 tests to assess the existence of parliamentary supremacy, firstly, Parliament is a supreme law making body and may enact laws on any matter; secondly, no parliament may be bound by its predecessor or bind a successor; and finally no person or body including a court of law may question the validity of Acts of Parliament. Therefore for Parliamentary supremacy to be still in existence the three tests should be satisfied. However there are many arguments suggesting that the developments in the UK constitution, including Devolution and British membership to the European Union show the erosion of parliamentary supremacy to a point where it is no longer as Jennings defines 'the dominant characteristic of the British constitution'. Devolution...

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