Index on Censorship Trustee Matthew Parris testified before parliament’s committee on the draft defamation bill on 18 July. You can watch him and Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre below (from about 32 minutes in)
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Matthew Parris at parliament
Matthew Parris at parliament
20 Jul 11
By Padraig Reidy
Padraig Reidy is the editor of Little Atoms and a columnist for Index on Censorship. He has also written for The Observer, The Guardian, and The Irish Times.
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