The proposals do not constitute statutory underpinning in the sense envisaged by Leveson, and nor would they remove the legal capacity of a determined Government relying upon a simple majority to enact legislation so as to facilitate intervention in relation to the proposed press regulator. (publiclawforeveryone.com)
If one were to go solely on the press coverage of the Leveson shenanigans, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the proposal for statutory underpinning meant that every story would have to be cleared by the prime minister and the culture, media and sport select committee. (totalpolitics.com)
Apparently it was, because Leveson's attempted half - way house of «self - regulated independent body with statutory underpinnings» had its central policy rejected by the government. (politics.co.uk)