It was not implemented at the time because we were required by the provisions which the Conservatives were desperate for—they would have done nothing. It was in the face of not only press opposition but Conservative opposition that I moved in the way I did to consider the matter. Both provisions went on the statute book, and both are there. I would have introduced both of them, had we won the election. Sadly, for this and other reasons, we failed to do so. It is up to my successor to follow that up.
Public Confidence in the Media and Police
Proceeding contribution from
Jack Straw
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 20 July 2011.
It occurred during Debate on Public Confidence in the Media and Police.
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