1. Because de Lille spoke in Parliament, her comments were protected by parliamentary privilege from legal action. 2. He also accused Aldred of abusing parliamentary privilege, which protects politicians from libel action when they are speaking in Parliament. 3. In Trinidad and Tobago, parliamentary privilege protects legislators against being sued for what they say in Parliament. 4. Leaking select committee reports in advance is considered a breach of parliamentary privilege. 5. Leaking select committee reports is breach of parliamentary privilege. 6. She maintained she had not abused parliamentary privilege. 7. The opposition Labor Party said Heffernan should be sacked for using parliamentary privilege to slander the judge over claims which had already been dismissed. 8. He said the committee would decide which sections were in the public interest and these would be revealed under parliamentary privilege. 9. In an interview with The Sun newspaper, Venables challenged Hoey to repeat her accusations outside the protection of parliamentary privilege. 10. Although no one was identified in the reports, Peters later named businessman Selwyn Cushing in parliament, claiming parliamentary privilege. |