Lord Low of Dalston
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Lord Wallace of Saltaire
My Lords, the Government well understand the strength of feeling among the public on the misuse of press freedom in recent years. We have not yet reached the end of the story—we are still moving and there are some hiccups on the way.
Lord Low of Dalston
My Lords, what is the procedure for determining the precedence as between the two royal charters which are going before the Privy Council?
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
My Lords, the Press Standards Board of Finance submitted its petition to the Privy Council before the Government had presented their own royal charter. My understanding is that that therefore gives it precedence over the Government’s royal charter, but that the consideration of the draft royal charter nominated by the Press Standards Board of Finance should shortly be finished, and at that point we will consider how we move further.