P135 CEEFAX 135 Thu 7 Oct 21:12/41 1/5 TORY I CONFERENCE BROOKE WBRNS PRESS ON PRIVACY Heritage Secretary Peter Brooke has insisted that press freedom has to bj balanced by the right to privacy "We shall not allow respect for the role of njwspapjrs to blind us to the right of the individual - privacy from the intrusive torch of prurience dressed up as investigative journalism," hj said. He warned on abuse of technology, and said ordinary cite:ins should not have to put up with the intrusion of long-range cameras, phone-tapping or bugs, or a barrage (5 of phone calls from reporters. (upppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppz Next News Other Pol Main News Top SpoutP135 CJJFAX 135 Thu 7 Oct 21:24/28 )|l4|l4|, 2/5 TORY CONFERENCE bRJSPONSIBLE PRESS NOTHING TO FEAR" Peter Brooke has said statutory control of the press would only be taken as a "last resort". The Heritage Secretary said a responsible press had nothing to fear from the sort of statutory regulation proposed earlier this year by Sir David Calcutt. But hj said statutory control would bj a step "that we should take with the utmost reluctance, and against all our philosophical instincts as the torch bearers of freedom". Home p 118 Flash 150 Diary p 180 Politics 130 World 160 Dispatch 190 Next News Other Pol Main News Top SpoutP135 CEJFAX 135 Thu 7 Oct 21:14/15 -|l4|l4|, 3/5 TORY CONFERENCE bBRUTBLJSING BEHAVIOU5" OF MEDIA Cllr Vane Watts (Walthamstow) has accused the media of "trivialising death, disaster and tragedy". She told Tories that this behaviour was "brutalising Britain". Although she was not in favour of press censorship, Cllr Watts asked: "'hat about respect and responsibility?" And she urged representatives to complain to the media if they were upset or incensed about any stories "Don't let them get away with it." (upppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppz Next News Other Pol Main News Top SpoutP135 CEEFAX 135 Thu 7 Oct 21:22/27 4/5 TORY CONFERENCE BROOKE URGED "NOT TO GAG THE PRESS" "The British press is excellent... and there is a case against statutory control," a Tory representative has declared. Sally Illman (Bristol South) said it was wrong "to tamper" with the press as she believed voluntary regulation worked well. And she said the press would become "timid, fearful and wary of ruffling establishment feathers" (5 if there was statutory control. "To gag it would bj a foolish error of political judgjmjnt," she said. Next News Other Pol Main News Top SportP135 CJJFAX 135 Thu 7 Oct 21:18/29 5/5 TORY I CONFERENCE HESELTJNE, THATCHER APPLAUDED Tories have given the President of the Board of Trade a standing ovation as hj made an appearance on the conference platform. Michael Heseltinj was unable to deliver a keynote speech after suffering a heart attack. Earlier, Lady Thatcher received a a rousing welcome to the platform. (5 Her attendance came amid claims that the former Prime Minister has strongly criticised senior Tory party figures, including John Major, in her forthcoming memoirs. Next News Other Pol Main News Top Spout