Part of the debate – in the House of Commons on 18th February 1942.
The Government are not prepared to introduce legislation to deal with one particular aspect of the law of defamation. My hon. Friend will be aware that a committee was established shortly before the war under the Chairmanship of Lord Porter to inquire into the law of defamation as a whole, and that this committee was compelled to suspend further operations during the progress of the war.