Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve
Main Page: Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve (Crossbench - Life peer)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.
Is the Minister still committed to securing a royal charter that will underpin self-regulation but not self-interested regulation?
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.