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MP names injunction footballer in Parliament Ryan Giggs named by MP as injunction footballer
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A married footballer granted an injunction over an alleged affair with reality TV star Imogen Thomas has been named by an MP in Parliament. A married footballer named on Twitter as having an injunction over an alleged affair with a reality TV star has been named in Parliament by Lib Dem MP John Hemming as Ryan Giggs.
Lib Dem MP John Hemmings named him during an urgent question in the Commons on privacy orders. Mr Hemming named him during an urgent Commons question on privacy orders.
Using parliamentary privilege to break the court order, he said it would not be practical to imprison the 75,000 Twitter users who had named the player.Using parliamentary privilege to break the court order, he said it would not be practical to imprison the 75,000 Twitter users who had named the player.
Earlier the High Court again ruled that the injunction should not be lifted.Earlier the High Court again ruled that the injunction should not be lifted.
Mr Justice Eady rejected a fresh application by Sun publisher News Group Newspapers to discharge the privacy injunction. Parliamentary privilege protects MPs and peers from prosecution for statements made in the House of Commons or House of Lords.
In court, Mr Justice Eady rejected a fresh application by Sun publisher News Group Newspapers to discharge the privacy injunction.
The judge said: "The court's duty remains to try and protect the claimant, and particularly his family, from intrusion and harassment so long as it can."The judge said: "The court's duty remains to try and protect the claimant, and particularly his family, from intrusion and harassment so long as it can."
Joint committee
On Sunday, a Scottish paper named the man who was identified on Twitter as having taken out a privacy injunction.On Sunday, a Scottish paper named the man who was identified on Twitter as having taken out a privacy injunction.
The Attorney General Dominic Grieve told the Commons the prime minister had asked for a joint committee of peers and MPs to investigate the use of privacy orders.
David Cameron has written a letter to John Whittingdale, chairman of the Commons culture committee, recommending the setting up of a new body.
Mr Cameron told ITV1's Daybreak banning newspapers from naming such stars while the information was widely available on the internet was both "unsustainable" and "unfair".