Over 80 MPs and peers on Wednesday appealed to Lord Justice Leveson, the judge carrying out an inquiry into UK media ethics following the phone-hacking scandal, not to recommend a regulation law that could damage press freedom.
The cross-party group, including eight former cabinet ministers and London Olympics chairman Lord Coe, says any such move would damage press freedom. Lord Justice Leveson is due to publish his report on Thursday.
The group, which has written to the Guardian and the Daily Telegraph, wants a stronger ‘self-regulatory’ system.
The Leveson Inquiry was established by the Prime Minister David Cameron in July last year and looked into the culture, practices and ethics of the press.
It was commissioned following allegations of illegal phone-hacking at the News of the World.
Cameron, who has already warned politicians not to pre-empt its findings, will receive his copy of the report on Wednesday - 24 hours before its details are made public.
The cross-party group, including eight former cabinet ministers and London Olympics chairman Lord Coe, says any such move would damage press freedom. Lord Justice Leveson is due to publish his report on Thursday.
The group, which has written to the Guardian and the Daily Telegraph, wants a stronger ‘self-regulatory’ system.
The Leveson Inquiry was established by the Prime Minister David Cameron in July last year and looked into the culture, practices and ethics of the press.
It was commissioned following allegations of illegal phone-hacking at the News of the World.
Cameron, who has already warned politicians not to pre-empt its findings, will receive his copy of the report on Wednesday - 24 hours before its details are made public.