Dominic Hannigan (Labour)

I move amendment No. 41:

In page 23, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following subsection:

"(7) In a defamation action the Press Council may make a recommendation regarding the reasonable parameters of damages and limitation thereto to be awarded in any case where the newspaper apologises in advance of the hearing. The court must take such a recommendation into consideration in assessing damages.".