My Lords, it has been a long and hard struggle to attempt to convince the Government to meet their commitments to complete the Leveson reforms and, most importantly, complete part 2 of the Leveson inquiry. During earlier debates, I claimed not to know any celebrities who were not politicians. I...

My Lords, it has been a long and hard struggle to attempt to convince the Government to meet their commitments to complete the Leveson reforms and, most importantly, complete part 2 of the Leveson inquiry. During earlier debates, I claimed not to know any celebrities who were not politicians. I...

My Lords, I have Amendment 147 and the consequential Amendments 148 and 216 in this group. It may be convenient if I suggest to the House the choreography of how this group might work. The noble Baroness, Lady Hollins, has moved her amendment, which is what we are debating now...

My Lords, I have Amendment 147 and the consequential Amendments 148 and 216 in this group. It may be convenient if I suggest to the House the choreography of how this group might work. The noble Baroness, Lady Hollins, has moved her amendment, which is what we are debating now...

My noble friend makes an excellent point, which I shall come to in a moment.

The third claim is that the Leveson system is unnecessary, as the new IPSO is much better than the previous Press Complaints Commission. I dealt with this in Committee by identifying some, but not all, of...

My noble friend makes an excellent point, which I shall come to in a moment.

The third claim is that the Leveson system is unnecessary, as the new IPSO is much better than the previous Press Complaints Commission. I dealt with this in Committee by identifying some, but not all, of...

There is a simple answer to that—the noble Lord should test that in the courts and test it in Europe.

There is a simple answer to that—the noble Lord should test that in the courts and test it in Europe.

Of course, my amendments are entirely modelled on Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act, which Parliament passed.

Of course, my amendments are entirely modelled on Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act, which Parliament passed.

And how many cases has it arbitrated?

And how many cases has it arbitrated?

Moved by

Earl Attlee

147: After Clause 160, insert the following new Clause—

“Publishers of news-related material: damages and costs

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a relevant claim for breach of the data protection legislation is made against a person (“the defendant”),

(b) the defendant was a relevant publisher at the material time, and

(c) the...

Moved by

Earl Attlee

147: After Clause 160, insert the following new Clause—

“Publishers of news-related material: damages and costs

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a relevant claim for breach of the data protection legislation is made against a person (“the defendant”),

(b) the defendant was a relevant publisher at the material time, and

(c) the...

My Lords, I am extremely grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to these exceptionally important and good-natured debates. It may be helpful to your Lordships if I say that I do not propose to move Amendment 215, which is later in the Marshalled List, but I shall move...

My Lords, I am extremely grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to these exceptionally important and good-natured debates. It may be helpful to your Lordships if I say that I do not propose to move Amendment 215, which is later in the Marshalled List, but I shall move...

My Lords, my noble friend is in order.

My Lords, my noble friend is in order.

My Lords, the answer to that question is simple, and applies to Section 40. If the Government determine that Section 40 is not a good idea, then they should repeal Section 40 by means of an Act of Parliament. They could do the same if my amendment is agreed to.

My Lords, the answer to that question is simple, and applies to Section 40. If the Government determine that Section 40 is not a good idea, then they should repeal Section 40 by means of an Act of Parliament. They could do the same if my amendment is agreed to.

To regain some favour with my noble friend the Minister, may I just say a little word about affirmative orders? It is tempting to say that we should have affirmative procedure but, at the end of the day, we will have at some point to debate those affirmative orders, and...

To regain some favour with my noble friend the Minister, may I just say a little word about affirmative orders? It is tempting to say that we should have affirmative procedure but, at the end of the day, we will have at some point to debate those affirmative orders, and...

The noble Lord may be right but, of course, it is equally very rare that we turn down an affirmative order.

The noble Lord may be right but, of course, it is equally very rare that we turn down an affirmative order.

Moved by

Earl Attlee

216: Clause 195, page 112, line 31, at end insert—

“( ) sections (Publishers of news-related material: damages and costs) and (Publishers of news-related material: interpretive provisions);

Moved by

Earl Attlee

216: Clause 195, page 112, line 31, at end insert—

“( ) sections (Publishers of news-related material: damages and costs) and (Publishers of news-related material: interpretive provisions);