Ms Elizabeth Farries:

The Deputy is asking whether the legislation should reflect other protected classes of citizens and not just journalists specifically. It depends on how one looks at it. I suppose they are entitled to protections. If we raise the bar, everyone will be subsumed. Questions relating to journalists alone have been raised as part of what has been described as a fragmented approach. We are speaking today about journalists in the context of a scandal that involved journalists. If someone has special protections that are recognised at EU level, the legislation should certainly reflect that.