But is it not the case that Ministers, albeit with senior members of the Opposition, have agreed the royal charter on Privy Council terms—in some ways that is worse than statutory regulation, because MPs have had no opportunity to debate it on behalf of our constituents—and that in many cases the only choice that media face will be whether to join or be bankrupted?
Crime and Courts Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Mark Reckless
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 18 March 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Crime and Courts Bill [Lords].
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