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Freedom and Responsibility of the Press Bill [Money]

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 9:41 pm on 1 March 1993.

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Motion made, and Question proposed,That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Freedom and Responsibility of the Press Bill it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of—

  1. (a) any salaries and expenses of the Secretary and other officers and staff of the Independent Press Authority constituted under the Act;
  2. (b) any salaries and expenses of the Press Complaints Adviser appointed under the Act;
  3. (c) subject to a limit specified by the Secretary of State, any expenses necessarily incurred by the members of the Authority in connection with their duties; and
  4. (d) any other expenses of a Minister of the Crown or of the Authority attributable to the Act.—[Mr. Robert. G. Hughes.]

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