I am glad that my right hon. Friend acknowledges the diligence and hard work of Sir Brian Leveson in the inquiry. He highlighted the particular vice of corrupt police officers giving the names of persons—perhaps whose premises are being searched—to corrupt journalists who publish them before charge, and very often those people are never charged. No amount of redress can undo that damage. Will my right hon. Friend meet me and other concerned Members to consider revisions and what additional legal protection can be given to people post-charge to prevent this trade in muck and dirt, sometimes without anybody ever coming before a criminal court, which undermines the presumption in favour of innocence?
Data Protection Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Robert Neill
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 9 May 2018.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Legislative Grand Committee proceedings (HC) on Data Protection Bill [Lords].
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