HC Deb 04 March 1879 vol 244 c256

Select Committee appointed, "to inquire into the Law in relation to Libels in newspapers and journals, and as to the mode of proving the publication of such Libels, and the means of rendering the proprietors and publishers of newspapers and journals responsible civilly and criminally for the Libels contained therein; with power to make any proposals for the alteration of the Law with regard to the above matters, or any of them."—(Mr. Attorney General.)