MP names Giggs in debate on super injunctions

Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming today named Ryan Giggs in a parliamentary urgent question on super injunctions.

Sunday-Herald-front-page-censored He said:

“With about 75,000 people already having named Ryan Giggs on Twitter, it’s obviously impracticable to imprison them all, and with reports that Giles Coren also faces imprisonment…”

He was then cut short by the Speaker.

Attorney General Dominic Grieve replied:

“It is our duty as parliamentarians to maintain the rule of law.”

Update:

Here is a video of the exchange:

http://twitter.com/takingbackemma/status/72678571923095553 Emma

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http://twitter.com/andemullinex/status/72678956674981888 Andrew Mullinex

Another Hemming Gaff! The people of Stechford and Yardley deserve better. http://bit.ly/lmSqS5
http://twitter.com/dontplaymepayme/status/72678989692547074 dontplaymepayme

MP names Giggs in debate on #SuperInjunctions: http://bit.ly/lmSqS5
http://twitter.com/tim_mullen/status/72679076275564544 Tim Mullen

RT @leftfootfwd: MP names Giggs in debate on super injunctions http://t.co/htVYwvH
http://twitter.com/jaymckenna87/status/72680463935877120 James McKenna

MP names Giggs in debate on #SuperInjunctions: http://bit.ly/lmSqS5
http://twitter.com/houseoftwits/status/72682006038847488 House Of Twits

RT @leftfootfwd MP names Giggs in debate on #SuperInjunctions: http://bit.ly/lmSqS5
http://twitter.com/shamikdas/status/72683894712975360 Shamik Das

Good on @JohnHemmingMP for naming Giggs in parliament: http://bit.ly/lmSqS5 MPs 1-0 Unelected judges #SuperInjunctions #Win
http://twitter.com/clairet2310/status/72686459697643520 Claire Traynor

MP names Giggs in debate on #SuperInjunctions: http://bit.ly/lmSqS5
http://twitter.com/booksonshelves/status/72700197704171520 Jennifer Gallagher

Only a matter of time before this happened RT @leftfootfwd MP names Giggs in debate on #SuperInjunctions: http://bit.ly/lmSqS5
http://twitter.com/modernityblog/status/72709536825360384 modernity blog

MP names Giggs in debate on #SuperInjunctions: http://bit.ly/lmSqS5
http://twitter.com/arianrhod11/status/72713137043931136 Gwydion Pendderwen

MP names Giggs in debate on #SuperInjunctions: http://bit.ly/lmSqS5
Mr. Sensible

This is an interesting one.

I am in favour of parliamentary privilage, but I think this time he abused it.

Interestingly, I read in the Guardian this morning that the Herald could possibly face trouble because, under case law established in the 1987 Spycatcher case, if someone publishes information subject to an injunction they are aware of, but not served with, they may be in breach of the spirit of the injunction and therefore in Contempt of Court.
“In that case, the House of Lords suggested that the interdicts were wider-reaching: the Lords intimated that if you were aware of the injunction, even if you were not served with it, it would be against the spirit of an injunction to publish any information contravening it and that doing so would be a contempt of court.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/may/22/scottish-leak-superinjunction-footballer-legal-view
Ed’s Talking Balls

Good on you, Mr Hemming. At least some MPs still have a spine.

Now, over to you, Mr Cameron. It’s high time you did something about this: you’ve talked the talk, now walk the walk. These disgraceful judges have, constitutionally speaking, been taking the piss for too long. Time to put them back in their box, a.s.a.p.
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