Press Regulation

Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve Excerpts

Wednesday 3rd July 2013 Lords Chamber

[Lord Gardiner of Kimble]

I understood that. The victims are precisely why we are here. It is to ensure that this does not happen again. That is the final objective that we need to secure.

[Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve]

Is the Minister still committed to securing a royal charter that will underpin self-regulation but not self-interested regulation?

[Lord Gardiner of Kimble]

The intention with the cross-party charter is precisely to ensure that there is independent regulation of the press. As I said earlier, we need a free press but we need a responsible press. We need to secure a lasting settlement on both of those.