Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the provisions of the Wolfson Report, if it were enacted, on freedom of expression for (i) individual citizens and (ii) journalists.

The Government is fully committed to the protection of human rights at home and abroad. The UK will stay in the European Convention on Human Rights, and the Human Rights Act 1998 will remain part of our law.

The right to freedom of expression is protected by Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and given further domestic effect by the Human Rights Act 1998.

This Government firmly defends the invaluable role of a free and independent press, and recognises the fundamental importance of freedom of speech as a foundational principle.