Debates between Robin Walker and Louise Mensch during the 2010-2015 Parliament

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Debate between Robin Walker and Louise Mensch
Wednesday 25th April 2012

(12 years, 6 months ago)

Westminster Hall
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Louise Mensch Portrait Louise Mensch
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I do, indeed.

Robin Walker Portrait Mr Robin Walker (Worcester) (Con)
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I am very proud to have in my constituency the oldest continuously running newspaper in the world, Berrow’s Worcester Journal. The editor of that newspaper has urged me to make the point that it is not only a question of the value for money that the Government get out of their advertisements in the press; it is also a question of trust. As my hon. Friend pointed out, people have greater trust in what they read from newspapers.