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Freedom and Responsibility of the Press Bill [Money]

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 10:01 pm on 1 March 1993.

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Photo of Peter Bottomley Peter Bottomley , Eltham 10:01, 1 March 1993

It was to both that Bill and the following Bill—the Shops (Amendment) Bill—that I was referring. I am not asking for a reply, but I wish to put on record the fact that I presume that the motions do not commit the Government to supporting the Bills.

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