Press Regulation

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Thursday 11th July 2013

(10 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Hill of Oareford Portrait The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Lord Hill of Oareford)
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My Lords, we should hear from the Cross Benches.

Baroness Hollins Portrait Baroness Hollins
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Under the currently planned schedule of Privy Council meetings, final approval for the Leveson-compliant royal charter, which we and the other place approved in March this year, may not come until October. What steps are the Government taking to ensure that there is no further delay in securing Privy Council approval of the March royal charter? As Hacked Off, the campaigning organisation, rightly says, the public, the victims of press abuses and the democratic will of Parliament deserve better than this.