I think I have already dealt with that, but the right hon. Gentleman is right. Lord Hunt himself suggested that there should be some statutory recognition of the body in the context of, for instance, defamation cases, so that it can be taken into account when damages are awarded. However, that is not the same as setting up a body by statute, or statutory underpinning. It is all very well for the right hon. Gentleman to laugh, but there is a massive difference between the law recognising the existence of a body and the law somehow having power over that body.
Leveson Inquiry
Proceeding contribution from
John Whittingdale
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 3 December 2012.
It occurred during Debate on Leveson Inquiry.
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