Defamation Bill Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice
Wednesday 19th December 2012

(11 years, 4 months ago)

Grand Committee
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Lord Scott of Foscote Portrait Lord Scott of Foscote
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My Lords, I rise simply to say that for the reasons given by my noble and learned friend Lord Lloyd of Berwick, to which I cannot usefully add, I entirely support his amendment.

Lord Woolf Portrait Lord Woolf
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My Lords, I rise to say the same thing because, of course, I was the other person who had his decision overruled by the House of Lords. I agreed with the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lloyd, in the Court of Appeal and I agree with him again today. I must apologise to the Committee for my late arrival, which I can only blame on the queue at the gift shop.