Leveson debate snapshot: Four Conservative MPs for statutory regulation, eight against
By Paul Goodman
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For statutory regulation
Robert Buckland
George Eustice
Sir Edward Garnier
Zac Goldsmith
Against statutory regulation
Angie Bray
Therese Coffey
Damian Collins
Richard Drax
Kris Hopkins
Peter Lilley
Jacob Rees-Mogg
John Whittingdale
This is, as the headline says, a snapshot. It doesn't deal with speeches that didn't touch on the regulation debate; nor does it count interventions, and by its nature it compresses a good deal. For example, Mr Collins, like some other speakers, was against statutory regulation by OFCOM. And Sir Edward rejected the very term "statutory regulation", preferring "statutory underpinning".
8.30am Update: Ms Coffey has pointed out the thrust of Mr Collins's speech was against statutory regulation, and I have made the necessary change. Quentin Letts describes her in his sketch today as a "very great lady".
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