New Clause 4 — Publication on matters of public interest

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 4:00 pm on 12 September 2012.

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Photo of Fiona Mactaggart Fiona Mactaggart Labour, Slough 4:00, 12 September 2012

The right hon. Gentleman referred to strike-out clauses. He is probably aware of the case of my constituent Hardeep Singh, who was the subject of a lengthy and unfair—and extremely expensive, for him—case centring on a matter of religious dispute. The judge eventually clearly ruled that the matter should not be dealt with by the courts. A similar doctrinal dispute could arise in future, so if there is not an early strike-out opportunity someone else could suffer as Mr Singh did. What can be done to end this?