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Parliamentary Privilege (Defamation) Bill [HL]

A Bill to repeal section 13 of the Defamation Act 1996.

Last fetched 25 Apr 2026 · parliament.uk

Progress through Parliament2 stages recorded

Lords

1st reading

09 Jun 2014

Lords

2nd reading

27 Jun 2014

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Will write letters

Letter from Lord Wallace of Saltaire to Lord Prescott regarding the Parliamentary Privilege (Defamation) Bill on 27 June.

application/pdf · 07 Jul 2014

HL Bill 009 2014-15, as introduced

text/html · 10 Jun 2014

Explanatory Notes

HL Bill 009-EN 2014-15

text/html · 10 Jun 2014

Sponsor

Lord Lester of Herne Hill

Liberal Democrat

At a glance

Typebill

Statusactive

Stage2nd reading

Stage date27 Jun 2014

OriginatedLords

Currently inLords

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