HC Deb 11 June 1979 vol 968 cc10-1W
Mr. Greville Janner

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will introduce legislation to amend the law on criminal libel.

Mr. Whitelaw

I am considering the implications of the judgment of the House of Lords in the case of Gleaves v. Deakin and others; but I remind the hon. and learned Member that the law on criminal libel is currently under review by the Law Commission.

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