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Defamation Bill [HL]

Amend the law of defamation; and for connected purposes.

Last fetched 25 Apr 2026 · parliament.uk

Progress through Parliament2 stages recorded

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1st reading

26 May 2010

Lords

2nd reading

09 Jul 2010

DocumentsOpen on parliament.uk →

Briefing papers

Library Note 2010/016

application/pdf · 05 Nov 2010

HL Bill 003 - 2010-11 (as introduced on 26 May 2010)

text/html · 27 May 2010

Sponsor

Lord Lester of Herne Hill

Liberal Democrat

At a glance

Typebill

Statusactive

Stage2nd reading

Stage date09 Jul 2010

OriginatedLords

Currently inLords

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