Public Bill Committees
Defamation Bill
- Defamation Bill, 1st sitting (2 speeches)
[Mr Dai Havardin the Chair]
- Clause 1 - Serious harm (76 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 6, in clause 1, page 1, line 3, afte r ‘unless’, insert ‘the extent of’. I hope, Mr Havard, that you will allow me...
- Clause 2 - Truth (22 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 12, in clause 2, page 1, line 14, at end insert— ‘(3A) The defence under this section does not fail on the basis that one or more of the imputations is not...
- Clause 3 - Honest Opinion (10 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 13, in clause 3, page 2, line 8, at end insert ‘or’. Amendment 13 relates to what I suspect is simply an error in the wording of...
- Defamation Bill, 2nd sitting (0 speeches)
[Mr Dai Havard in the Chair]
- Clause 3 - Honest opinion (21 speeches)
Amendment moved (this day): 14, in clause 3, page 2, line 27, at end insert— ‘(e) a defence under common law qualified privilege.’.—(Robert Flello.)
- Clause 4 - Responsible publication on matter of public interest (56 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 27, in clause 4, page 2, line 33, after ‘interest’, insert ‘unless the claimant can show that the defendant acted irresponsibly...
- Clause 5 - Operators of websites (8 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 17, in clause 5, page 3, line 23, at end insert— ‘(2A) The defence provided in this section is not affected by the operator having a...
- Defamation Bill, 3rd sitting (1 speech)
[Mr Christopher Chope in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House D 01 Pirate Party
- Clause 5 - Operators of websites (101 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 42, in clause 5, page 3, line 25, lea ve out paragraph (a) and insert— ‘(a) it was not possible for the claimant to obtain...
- Defamation Bill, 4th sitting (1 speech)
[Mr Dai Havard in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House D02 Booksellers Association of the UK and Ireland Ltd D03 Celia M. Bibby D04 Hardeep Singh (Sahota)
- Clause 6 - Peer-reviewed statement in scientific or academic journal etc (3 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
- Clause 7 - Reports etc protected by privilege (4 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 15, in clause 7, page 5, line 22, aft er ‘proceedings’, insert ‘, or of the contents of a press release circulated or...
- Clause 8 - Single publication rule (10 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 31, in clause 8, page 6, line 44, lea ve out from ‘applies’ to end of line 3 on page 7 and insert ‘, if— (a) a...
- Clause 9 - Action against a person not domiciled in the UK or a Member State etc (32 speeches, 1 annotation)
I beg to move amendment 52, in clause 9, page 7, line 27, leave out ‘against a person who is not domiciled’ and insert ‘by a person or against a person...
- Clause 10 - Action against a person who was not the author, editor etc (25 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 51, in clause 10, page 8, line 20, af ter ‘for’, insert ‘damages for’. This amendment, along with amendments 49, 16...
- Clause 11 - Trial to be without a jury unless the court orders otherwise (9 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
- Clause 12 - Power of court to order a summary of its judgment to be published (6 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
- Clause 13 - Special damage (5 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
- Clause 14 - Meaning of “publish” and “statement” (2 speeches)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
- Clause 16 - Short title, commencement and extent (6 speeches)
I beg to move amendment 1, in clause 16, page 10, line 3, le ave out subsections (2) and (3).
- New Clause 4 - Action for defamation brought by body corporate (28 speeches)
‘(1) Before bringing a claim for defamation, the body corporate shall obtain the permission of the court. (2) In determining whether to grant permission, the matters to which the court may...
- Defamation Bill, 5th sitting (0 speeches)
[Mr Dai Havard in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House D05 Elaine Decoulos
