Blagging: Leveson Inquiry

Julian Knight Excerpts
Wednesday 7th March 2018

(6 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Matt Hancock Portrait Matt Hancock
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Because I am concentrating on what we need for the future, not on what happened more than seven years ago.

Julian Knight Portrait Julian Knight (Solihull) (Con)
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The Sunday Times blagging revelations are deeply disquieting, but they are historical. Can my right hon. Friend assure me and the victims of press intrusion, in particular those who face it in times of bereavement, that the new model of regulation introduced since the Leveson inquiry makes such activities much less likely and that there are proper sanctions in place?

Matt Hancock Portrait Matt Hancock
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Not only is that what is in place, but it is what must be in place. Ensuring that that happens and that, at the same time, the free press is protected and standards are protected is extremely important.