"Q Thank you for your evidence so far, Pete. You touched just then on how this will be a deterrent, but for that to be needed, there needs to be a culture change in public services. In the Bill, there is a lot of talk about trying to create …..." Tom Morrison - View Speech
"Q This is for Tom Guest. The new offence of misleading the public would not apply for the purposes of journalism. How clear do you think the meaning of that exception is? I will give two examples: would it count if a Minister was writing a piece for a …..." Tom Morrison - View Speech
"Q I have a follow-up to Ian’s question. The new offence of misleading of the public would not apply
“for the purposes of journalism.”
That is the wording in the Bill. As has been so rightly pointed out, we know there has been a history of public officials who …..." Tom Morrison - View Speech