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Don't introduce Statutory State Press Regulation

Submitted on Saturday 1st December 2012

Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

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Don't introduce Statutory State Press Regulation

Additional Information

Lord Justice Leveson's report has now been published and he is calling for statutory underpinning of press regulation.

We call upon Her Majesty's Government not to introduce statutory state regulation of the press and to preserve the free press which Britain has enjoyed for 300 years.

Moreover, Ofcom should have nothing whatsoever to do with the newspapers. Ofcom is the Office for Communications, and deals with the broadcasting media, not with the free newspapers.

Tougher non-statutory independent self-regulation perhaps along the line of Lord Hunt of Wirral's proposals, with the power to issue fines would be much better in keeping a free press.


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