Will the right hon. Gentleman acknowledge that Lord Hunt asked for a similar provision to that in the Irish Defamation Act, and that that is not a problem? None of us objects to that; it is the statutory underpinning, which is a completely different prospect, that people find objectionable.
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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