We need to achieve a balance, where if someone is defamed in an article there will be a way in which he or she can get redress without having to go down a legal road. He or she may not have the money or inclination to go that route. The argument in favour of self-regulation suggested that statutory controls were hostile to press freedom and that self-regulation was the only way the press could preserve its freedom. There is no doubt, as the Minister stated, that press freedom is a very necessary requirement of a democratic society and that it should be recognised that the free exchange of ideas and opinions builds the values that inform society. However, it does not follow that any statutory intervention runs contrary to that position.