Conservative MP for Surrey Heath and Education Secretary at the time of the Inquiry. A former journalist at the Aberdeen Press and Journal, the Times, the BBC and the Spectator. Told the Inquiry that sometimes "individuals reach for regulation in order to deal with failures of character or morality, and sometimes that regulation is right and appropriate but some of us believe that before the case for regulation is made, the case for liberty needs to be asserted as well".
Senior lecturer in Journalism at Liverpool John Moores University, expressed concern that the Inquiry was hearing from high profile victims who may not fully represent the feelings of victims, or of victims' groups, as a whole.
