Orders of the Day — Defamation Bill [Lords]

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 6:53 pm on 21 May 1996.

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Photo of Jonathan Evans Jonathan Evans Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Lord Chancellor's Department) 6:53, 21 May 1996

For the sake of clarification, I should make it clear that in his speech Lord Hoffmann gave the other place an indication of his intention not to vote on the issue. He indicated, in general terms, that he did not consider himself to be an advocate, but felt that in the circumstances it was necessary that the issue should be debated. It would be wrong to invest some sort of mystery into his actions.