Session 2013 - 14
Internet Publications
Other Bills before Parliament
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| | Criminal Justice and Courts Bill, As Amended |
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| | | Repeal of section 13 of the Defamation Act 1996 |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | Section 13 (Evidence concerning proceedings in Parliament) of the Defamation |
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| | | Act 1996 (c. 31) shall cease to have effect. |
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| | | (2) | This section comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed. |
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| | | (3) | This section extends to the whole of the United Kingdom.’. |
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| | | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | | The Joint Committees on Parliamentary Privilege in 1999 and 2013 both recommended the repeal |
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| | | of this hardly-used provision, which allows an individual litigant in defamation cases to waive the |
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| | | ban in Article IX of the Bill of Rights on proceedings in Parliament being impeached or questioned |
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