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Super-Injunctions

Put that Jeremy Hunt had said that he was going to sit down with Ken Clarke to see what could be done about super-injunctions, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that this was about finding the right balance between individual’s rights of privacy and the right to freedom of expression and transparency. The Prime Minister had said that there was a question about the way the system worked and about judges using the European Court of Human Rights to deliver privacy laws without Parliament’s say so. The Prime Minister was uneasy about what was happening and it was something we were thinking about.

Asked if the Prime Minister was sympathetic to Zac Goldsmith’s comments regarding the need for legislation, the PMS repeated the Prime Minister’s view.

Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with Jeremy Hunt that Twitter was making a mockery of privacy laws, the PMS reiterated that the Prime Minister had set out his view, which was consistent with what Jeremy Hunt had said.

Asked if there would be a review into regulation of the internet, the PMS advised that he was not aware of such a review. The PMS went on to advise that a commission had been set up to look at the issue of a UK Bill of Rights that would look at some of these issues.

Asked if the Prime Minister would wait until the Master of the Rolls concluded the review before taking action, the PMSsaid the report would be considered when it was published later this month.

Asked if the Prime Minister thought of these judgments as interference from the European Union, the PMS clarified that the issue was about the relationship between courts and the judiciary on one hand, and Parliament on the other.

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