I am grateful to my right hon. Friend. That may be the test of whether the prosecution is brought, but if it is brought because the prosecution is thought to be in the public interest, and the journalists want to say that the public interest defence is why it has been done, then the Government ought to think again. If I may, I ask them to do so.
Digital Economy Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Peter Bottomley
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 28 November 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Legislative Grand Committee proceedings (HC) on Digital Economy Bill.
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