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Harry Potter author JK Rowling, Kate and Gerry McCann and other "victims" of press abuse have called on the government to implement the cross-party Leveson deal on the future of press regulation.Harry Potter author JK Rowling, Kate and Gerry McCann and other "victims" of press abuse have called on the government to implement the cross-party Leveson deal on the future of press regulation.
They have written to Maria Miller, the culture secretary, urging her to send parliament's royal charter for press regulation, agreed by the three main political parties and Hacked Off, to the privy council for approval.They have written to Maria Miller, the culture secretary, urging her to send parliament's royal charter for press regulation, agreed by the three main political parties and Hacked Off, to the privy council for approval.
The council's next meeting is on 10 July.The council's next meeting is on 10 July.
Their letter follows a delay ordered by David Cameron after newspapers protested that they were not consulted on the final version of the royal charter agreed with Hacked Off on 18 March.Their letter follows a delay ordered by David Cameron after newspapers protested that they were not consulted on the final version of the royal charter agreed with Hacked Off on 18 March.
The letter is organised by Hacked Off and signed by 26 individuals, including Sheryl Gascoigne, Alex Best, the 7/7 London bomb survivor John Tulloch, Jude Law's former PR Ciara Parkes and Margaret Watson, the mother of a boy who killed himself after reading a derogatory article about his dead sister.The letter is organised by Hacked Off and signed by 26 individuals, including Sheryl Gascoigne, Alex Best, the 7/7 London bomb survivor John Tulloch, Jude Law's former PR Ciara Parkes and Margaret Watson, the mother of a boy who killed himself after reading a derogatory article about his dead sister.
It says it would be "appalling" if newspapers who had "wreaked havoc in the lives of innocent people" were "allowed to delay the implementation of government policy".It says it would be "appalling" if newspapers who had "wreaked havoc in the lives of innocent people" were "allowed to delay the implementation of government policy".
"A tiny if powerful vested interest, with a record of causing harm to the public, is challenging the democratic will of parliament. We feel it is your duty to stand up to this," the letter says."A tiny if powerful vested interest, with a record of causing harm to the public, is challenging the democratic will of parliament. We feel it is your duty to stand up to this," the letter says.
The letter also notes "with sympathy" that Miller has been "the target of a campaign of personal abuse and intimidation in the newspapers most opposed to change". The signatories say: "We hope that you will have the courage to resist such pressures."The letter also notes "with sympathy" that Miller has been "the target of a campaign of personal abuse and intimidation in the newspapers most opposed to change". The signatories say: "We hope that you will have the courage to resist such pressures."
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