Interestingly, this week's statement of forthcoming Commons business, by the Leader of the House, Andrew Lansley, mentioned that Tuesday 19 March has been set aside for "proceedings on a bill", which might signal the deadline for sorting out the issue and bringing the Defamation Bill back.

BBC: Week ahead

The solution they settled on comes from a company that knows something about sorting through a lot of interlinked noise to find a signal: Google.

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