Leveson Inquiry

The case of the victims of press intrusion is, of course, an incredibly important consideration w...

The Secretary of State’s predecessor promised the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee tha...

Yes, of course. Not only have I made this statement today, but I will also be publishing a full r...

I thank the Secretary of State for prior sight of his statement. I wrote to him on 22 February se...

I agree wholeheartedly with the hon. Gentleman. It is, of course, part of the devolution settleme...

I strongly welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. Does he agree that, now more than ever, news...

I agree wholeheartedly with my right hon. Friend, not least because, as he points out, one of the...

Having spent many hours with the Dowler family, Christopher Jefferies and many others, may I say ...

The world has changed since 2011. The truth is that the rise of the internet means that some of t...

I welcome the Secretary of State’s response to the consultation and to the concerns raised about ...

My hon. Friend mentions three of her local papers. Given the nature of section 40 of the Crime an...

I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statements because I believe that although newspapers often make...

This is an important question and we are working hard on what we can do, through this review of t...

I am very disappointed with the Secretary of State’s statement and feel personally let down by hi...

What I have said and will say to them is that we have to make sure that the UK media and news ind...

I welcome the statement. Does my right hon. Friend agree that as the press, both local and nation...

Yes, I do. To be frank, I am concerned by the statements coming out of some parts of our politica...

As a former journalist, I am utterly dismayed by the Secretary of State’s statement. I value the ...

I agree with the hon. Lady that there has been a big change because of modern technology. I want ...

I, too, welcome the Secretary of State’s statement, particularly what he said about section 40. I...

I am absolutely delighted to hear that. It is not the national norm to hear that about the local ...

Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson came before a Committee of this House and admitted to committing ...

The hon. Gentleman makes an extremely powerful case for just how much the Leveson inquiry looked ...

Can the Secretary of State reassure me that the new regulatory framework is working well for vict...

Yes, absolutely. I can tell the House, first, that we have a new independent self-regulator, IPSO...

How many of the victims’ families have called for a change of Government policy?

We have considered the evidence from right across the board. We have had 174 responses to the con...

When journalists are investigating cases, it is vital that they check their facts and do not publ...

Of course, accuracy is part of the code against which complaints are considered and, therefore, c...

Many years ago, I was libelled by a newspaper and took it to court and won. That was the most str...

The libel laws are of course a critical guardian in this space, but the low-cost arbitration sche...

I agree with the Minister about section 40 because I have seen the impact that that would have on...

Of course there have been changes to policing—not least the code of ethics, the national guidance...

The Democratic Unionist party is listening, but we remain concerned that Northern Ireland newsroo...

There has been a change, not only in the wider media landscape that we have discussed, but in the...

While we are right to celebrate a free press within our democracy, are we not also right to deman...

My hon. Friend’s second point raises a very important question. I am sure the hon. Member for Wes...

Will the Secretary of State agree to meet the Dowler family, Christopher Jefferies and the McCann...

As I said, I have already met some of the victims. I have also already extended an invitation to ...

In my 15 years at The Daily Telegraph, I had a thankfully limited amount to do with the Press Com...

My hon. Friend speaks with great authority on this matter because not only was he a journalist, b...

Sir Brian believes that the inquiry should continue, albeit in a different form. The victims, who...

I do not know the answer to the last point, because I am only looking at this inquiry. What I hav...

I welcome the statement on section 40, which would jeopardise the viability of fantastic local pa...

Yes. The amendments that will come before the House in coming months would have very complicated ...

On a point of order, Mr Speaker.

I will take the point of order now because I think that it appertains to current exchanges.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I appreciate that passions run high in this debate, but the hon. Member fo...

A number of interventions are made from a sedentary position that are not always heard by everybo...

Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I am obviously absolutely happy to make it clear that...

I appreciate what the hon. Gentleman has said. I think he did err in the heat of the moment, but ...