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| Press regulation deal: underpinned by statute or not? | Press regulation deal: underpinned by statute or not? |
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| One of the big disputes between the parties over the press regulation reforms relates to whether or not the amendment to the enterprise and regulatory reform bill relating to royal charters amounts to statutory underpinning. For the record, here is what the parties are saying: | One of the big disputes between the parties over the press regulation reforms relates to whether or not the amendment to the enterprise and regulatory reform bill relating to royal charters amounts to statutory underpinning. For the record, here is what the parties are saying: |
| Yes it does | Yes it does |
| Harriet Harman, shadow culture secretary "[The amendment] specifically won't mention this charter because the idea is we want to have that effect without it actually mentioning press regulation in law. Of course there is only one charter that has got these provisions so it actually enables us not to actually be legislating for this in the House of Commons or House of Lords but it has a legal underpinning effect." | Harriet Harman, shadow culture secretary "[The amendment] specifically won't mention this charter because the idea is we want to have that effect without it actually mentioning press regulation in law. Of course there is only one charter that has got these provisions so it actually enables us not to actually be legislating for this in the House of Commons or House of Lords but it has a legal underpinning effect." |
| Ed Miliband "What we've agreed is essentially the royal charter that Nick Clegg and I published on Friday; it will be underpinned by statute." | Ed Miliband "What we've agreed is essentially the royal charter that Nick Clegg and I published on Friday; it will be underpinned by statute." |
| Nick Clegg "In effect what we're doing is adopting the so-called royal charter plus in full that we published last Friday. That's underpinned by legislation." | Nick Clegg "In effect what we're doing is adopting the so-called royal charter plus in full that we published last Friday. That's underpinned by legislation." |
| No it doesn't | No it doesn't |
| Maria Miller, culture secretary "What we're talking about here is simply reiterating the fact that there can be no change to the charter as we move forward. I mean, this is already incorporated into the charter and has been from the beginning … this is not statutory underpinning." | Maria Miller, culture secretary "What we're talking about here is simply reiterating the fact that there can be no change to the charter as we move forward. I mean, this is already incorporated into the charter and has been from the beginning … this is not statutory underpinning." |
| David Cameron "It's not statutory underpinning. What it is is simply a clause that says 'politicians can't fiddle with this', so it takes it further away from politicians." | David Cameron "It's not statutory underpinning. What it is is simply a clause that says 'politicians can't fiddle with this', so it takes it further away from politicians." |
| Grant Shapps, Conservative party chair Told the BBC's World at One that the deal was "exactly the opposite" of statutory underpinning. | Grant Shapps, Conservative party chair Told the BBC's World at One that the deal was "exactly the opposite" of statutory underpinning. |
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