The hon. Gentleman and I must be reading two different Acts, because section 44 of that Act contains statutory underpinning. It gives the Dail, the Irish Parliament, more direct power over the Press Council of Ireland than ever is proposed by Lord Justice Leveson for the press board in the United Kingdom.
Leveson Inquiry
Proceeding contribution from
Jack Straw
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 3 December 2012.
It occurred during Debate on Leveson Inquiry.
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