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Copy of Henry VIII's diplomatic assurances to João III of Portugal
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Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press (The Leveson Inquiry):...
Catalogue reference: LEV 3
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LEV 3
This series consists of records relating to the administrative running of the Leveson Inquiry. Included are judicial reviews made during the Inquiry, logs of correspondence and policy on email management.
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- LEV 3
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Title (The name of the record)
- Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press (The Leveson Inquiry): Judicial Reviews and Administrative Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2011-2013
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of records relating to the administrative running of the Leveson Inquiry. Included are judicial reviews made during the Inquiry, logs of correspondence and policy on email management.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- For the Leveson Inquiry administrative records in this series, the record opening date is calculated from the closure start date as it was recorded on the schedule that was approved by the Advisory Council on National Records and Archives in February 2014. As a result all closed records in the series are due to become open on 3 March 2072 rather than on an individual basis based on the dates of the individual records.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press (The Leveson Inquiry), 2011-2012
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 100 digital record(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to closure for periods up to 85 years
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2016 Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press (The Leveson Inquiry)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Communications
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals are anticipated.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The National Archives Records Collection Policy, sections: 3.1.2 The structures and decision-making processes in government: records of commissions, tribunals and inquiries investigating decision-making by ministers and officials or making recommendations for changes in public policy. 3.1.3 The state's interaction with the lives of its citizens - records relating to individuals or national and international events of significant contemporary interest or controversy.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Prime Minister announced a two-part inquiry investigating the role of the press and police in the phone-hacking scandal, on 13 July 2011. Lord Justice Leveson was appointed as Chairman of the Inquiry.
Part one of the Inquiry examined the culture, practices and ethics of the press and, in particular, the relationship of the press with the public, police and politicians.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14209680/
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