SNP Westminster group was “split” on plan to regulate the press

SNP MPs were “split” on controversial proposals that were considered last month on press regulation, the Sunday Herald understands. The party’s Westminster leadership helped scupper plans which could have forced some newspaper publishers to pay the costs of both sides in data protection disputes, but only after a clash of views among SNP colleagues. Following the Leveson inquiry into the press, legislation was passed with the aim of encouraging newspapers to sign up to a new state-backed regulator. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16266070.SNP_Westminster_group_was__quot_split_quot__on_plan_to_regulate_the_press/