Press Regulation

Lord Hughes of Woodside Excerpts

Thursday 11th July 2013 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Hollins]

My Lords—

[Lord Hughes of Woodside]

My Lords—

[Baroness Williams of Crosby]

My Lords—

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[Lord Gardiner of Kimble]

With regard to the membership of this committee, I had hoped to be helpful to your Lordships and to have been able to give the information this morning, but it will be announced very shortly.

[Lord Hughes of Woodside]

My Lords, what would the position be if this special committee of the Privy Council recommended in favour of the press’s own charter?

[Lord Gardiner of Kimble]

My Lords, I obviously cannot pre-empt what the committee is going to say, but it is fair to say that in the other place last week the Prime Minister said that there were serious shortcomings in the PressBoF charter.