Lord Lester of Herne Hill
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(13 years, 3 months ago)
Lords ChamberI think I was with the noble Lord right to the last bend, there. Of course, in a free society we have to recognise those rights that he has just recognised, but also in a free society we recognise the need for a robust and free press. The noble Lord laid down a catalogue of sins, which throws a challenge to our press. I know that noble Lords on all sides of the House want to defend a free press, but the press has a duty to put its own house in order to see whether some of the faults that the noble Lord outlined should not be more robustly dealt with by the self-regulation that the press claims to be so proud of.
My Lords, is the noble Lord aware that Section 12 of the Human Rights Act strikes a balance between free speech and privacy—