PDF copy of The Faulks Committee Report 1975

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Dear Ministry of Justice,

In 1975, the Faulks Committee published a Report of the Committee on Defamation (Command Paper 5909). This document is not available on the gov.uk/official-documents repository, the UK Parliament website, nor in commercial legal databases.

Please supply a copy of the report in an electronic format - PDF is preferred.

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Robert Sharp

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Dear Sulekha Jama,

Thank you for attending to my request. It is very helpful.

Yours sincerely,

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