Parliamentary Privilege

The government received 11 responses to the Green Paper consultation on parliamentary privilege. The responses were received from:

• University of Lincoln, Dr Andrew Defty, Professor Hugh Bochel and Jane Kirkpatrick, School of Social Sciences
• Dr Adam Tucker, lecturer in law, University of Manchester
• Legislative Council Western Australia, Malcolm Peacock, clerk Parliament of Western Australia
• National Assembly of Zambia
• New Zealand House of Representatives, clerk
• Geoffrey Lock, ex House of Commons staff
• Sir William McKay, Clerk of the Commons 1998-2002
• Crown Prosecution Service
• The Press Association
• The Media Lawyers Association
• John Hemming MP

With the agreement of their authors, 10 responses to the consultation are published on this page. They will be considered by a joint select committee as part of their deliberations on the Green Paper. The Select Committee is due to report on 25th April.