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Lord Faulks (Non-Afl)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 24 July 2024

Debate

Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation

Contribution

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord on his appointment. He is of course doubly there—he is not only elected but appointed, which gives him particular status on the Front Bench. I sympathise greatly with his position in the Ministry of Justice, which he will much enjoy. He will remember the terms of the amendment put down to the then Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill; it was a start, but will he agree that it is important that we have really muscular legislation? Can he bear in mind that his own Foreign Secretary said that these SLAPPs have the effect of “stifling effectively not just the rule of law and freedom of speech, but particularly going to journalists doing their job”?

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