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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 May 2018
Data Protection Bill [Lords]

"No, it is not, because it is designed to ensure that victims get access to justice. My hon. Friend will find the local papers that may come under section 40 are owned by large companies. The exemption is designed for the charitable sector, which I will come to in just …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 May 2018
Data Protection Bill [Lords]

"And from responsibility...."
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Written Question
Press Recognition Panel
Friday 20th April 2018

Asked by: Bill Wiggin (Conservative - North Herefordshire)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he next plans to meet the Press Recognition Panel.

Answered by Margot James

DCMS ministers and officials regularly meet with a range of stakeholders, including the Press Recognition Panel, to discuss a range of issues.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 07 Mar 2018
Blagging: Leveson Inquiry

"Those who believe in a truly free press should not accept IPSO, and those who do not believe in a truly free press cannot accept it either. In the light of these criminal confessions, which only The Guardian and the BBC reported, does my right hon. Friend agree that implementing …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Mar 2018
Data Protection Bill [Lords]

"Before he does, will the Secretary of State give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Mar 2018
Data Protection Bill [Lords]

"Will the provisions apply to Wikipedia as well?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Mar 2018
Data Protection Bill [Lords]

"I draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I will start with a little anecdote about my local paper and IPSO. On 9 November, just four days after the Paradise papers story broke, the Hereford Times published the headline, “Tory MP dragged into offshore …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Mar 2018
Data Protection Bill [Lords]

"Either we regulate or we do not, but we cannot do bits. That is why it is important that the Bill passes into law as it is. I agree with the hon. Lady.

The second accusation is that Earl Attlee’s amendments would damage the freedom of the press. The Press …..."
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Written Question
Battle of Beersheba: Anniversaries
Thursday 16th November 2017

Asked by: Bill Wiggin (Conservative - North Herefordshire)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to commemorate the Battle of Beersheba in 1917.

Answered by John Glen

While the Government has not commemorated the centenary of the Battle of Beersheba with a specific event, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Israel and the Chief of the Air Staff attended a commemoration to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Beersheba on 31 October 2017, at the Commonwealth War Graves Beersheba War Cemetery in Be’er Sheva, Israel.

Written Question
Newspaper Press
Wednesday 3rd June 2015

Asked by: Bill Wiggin (Conservative - North Herefordshire)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his policy is on freedom of the press and responsible self governance by the press.

Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot

Press freedom is a cornerstone of our democracy and for this reason the Government does not interfere with what the press does and does not publish, as long as the press abides by the law of the land. Government has delivered the framework for a new system of independent self-regulation, one which protects press freedom whilst offering real redress when mistakes are made. It is now for the press to decide whether they want to apply for recognition.