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PRESS DEFAMATION

EDM (Early Day Motion) 1044: tabled on 06 February 2013

Tabled in the 2012-13 session.

This motion has been signed by 3 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

Motion text

That this House welcomes the decisive vote of the House of Lords to introduce a low-cost arbitration system for victims of press defamation; notes that newspapers which do not join the system will face higher damages; further notes the comments from Lords Fowler and Puttnam that the Government and Opposition are stalling on reforms and that the measures proposed in the present bill are framed as if the Leveson inquiry had never happened; commends the peers' amendments; and urges the Government to accept them and to rapidly implement Leveson's recommendations.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.